CVE-2018-20090 describes a critical access control bypass vulnerability in Cloudera Data Science Workbench (CDSW) versions 1.4.0 through 1.4.2. Authenticated users can exploit this flaw to gain unauthorized read-write access to any project folder, circumventing established permission checks. With a CVSS score of 8.3 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and requires only low privileges, potentially leading to high confidentiality and integrity impacts, and low availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.4.0, <= 1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cloudera:data_science_workbench:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.