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CVE-2021-25642

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-25642 is a critical deserialization vulnerability affecting Apache Hadoop YARN when utilizing ZKConfigurationStore. An authenticated attacker with ZooKeeper access can exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary commands as the YARN user, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability is relatively easy to exploit remotely. While there is no public exploit code or active exploitation reported, and minimal community discussion, users are strongly advised to upgrade to Apache Hadoop 2.10.2, 3.2.4, 3.3.4, or later versions to mitigate this risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.9.0, < 2.10.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:hadoop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.0.0, < 3.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:hadoop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.3.0, < 3.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:hadoop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0182 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 17,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-yarn-serverFixed in: 2.10.2
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-yarn-serverFixed in: 3.2.4
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-yarn-serverFixed in: 3.3.4

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-rr2m-gffv-mgrjhigh

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Apache Hadoop YARN

Aug 26, 2022
redhatCVE-2021-25642Important

Hadoop: YARN remote code execution in ZKConfigurationStore of capacity scheduler

Aug 25, 2022

References

lists.apache.org / thread/g6vf2h4wdgzzdgk91mqozhs58wotq150
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20221201-0003
Third Party Advisory