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CVE-2017-15718

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-15718 is a critical vulnerability affecting Apache Hadoop versions 2.7.3 and 2.7.4, where the YARN NodeManager can inadvertently expose the password for its credential store provider to YARN Applications. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability presents a severe risk, allowing unauthenticated attackers to remotely compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:hadoop:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.7.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:hadoop:2.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-23
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0357 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-mainFixed in: 2.7.5

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-mq8p-h798-xcrpcritical

Exposure of Sensitive Information in Hadoop

Dec 21, 2018

References

lists.apache.org / thread.html/773c93c2d8a6a52bbe97610c2b1c2ad205b970e1b8c04fb5b2fccad6%40%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E