CVE-2017-5646

medium Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 89% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Published: May 26, 2017 (3275 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

Description

For versions of Apache Knox from 0.2.0 to 0.11.0 - an authenticated user may use a specially crafted URL to impersonate another user while accessing WebHDFS through Apache Knox. This may result in escalated privileges and unauthorized data access. While this activity is audit logged and can be easily associated with the authenticated user, this is still a serious security issue. All users are recommended to upgrade to the Apache Knox 0.12.0 release.

CWE

CWE-346

Affected Products

apache knox

References

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