CVE-2017-5636

critical Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
1.2%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 21% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: October 19, 2017 (3129 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

Description

In Apache NiFi before 0.7.2 and 1.x before 1.1.2 in a cluster environment, the proxy chain serialization/deserialization is vulnerable to an injection attack where a carefully crafted username could impersonate another user and gain their permissions on a replicated request to another node.

CWE

CWE-74

Affected Products

apache nifi

References

🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 nifi.apache.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 nifi.apache.org