CVE-2018-8029
Privilege escalation vulnerability in Apache Hadoop
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 4.0%
Description
In Apache Hadoop versions 3.0.0-alpha1 to 3.1.0, 2.9.0 to 2.9.1, and 2.2.0 to 2.8.4, a user who can escalate to yarn user can possibly run arbitrary commands as root user.
How to fix CVE-2018-8029
To remediate CVE-2018-8029, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Maven/org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-main—upgrade to 2.8.4 or later
Is CVE-2018-8029 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 4.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 2.2.0, < 2.8.4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References (9)
- ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8029
- WEBwww.securityfocus.com/bid/108518
- WEBlists.apache.org/thread.html/0b8d58e02dbd0fb8bf7320c514fe58da1d6728bdc150f1ba04e0d9fc@%3Cissues.hbase.apache.org%3E
- WEBlists.apache.org/thread.html/17084c09e6dedf60efe08028b429c92ffd28aacc28454e4fa924578a@%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E