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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2017-15718

High
9.8/10

Summary

The YARN NodeManager in Apache Hadoop 2.6.5, 2.7.3 and 2.7.4 can leak the password for credential store provider used by the NodeManager to YARN Applications.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published