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CVE-2018-11760

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-11760 describes a vulnerability in PySpark where a local user can impersonate the Spark application's user, affecting Apache Spark versions 1.x, 2.0.x, 2.1.x, 2.2.0-2.2.2, and 2.3.0-2.3.1. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) has a local attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to high integrity impacts without requiring user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low current threat landscape.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.0.2, <= 1.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:spark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.0.0, <= 2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:spark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.1.0, <= 2.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:spark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.2.0, <= 2.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:spark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.3.0, <= 2.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:spark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
45.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0060 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (2)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: pysparkFixed in: 2.3.2
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: pysparkFixed in: 2.2.3

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-fvxv-9xxr-h7wjmedium

Pyspark User Impersonation Vulnerability

Feb 7, 2019
redhatCVE-2018-11760Moderate

spark: local priviledge escalation when using PySpark

Jan 28, 2019

References

lists.apache.org / thread.html/6d015e56b3a3da968f86e0b6acc69f17ecc16b499389e12d8255bf6e%40%3Ccommits.spark.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/a86ee93d07b6f61b82b61a28049aed311f5cc9420d26cc95f1a9de7b%40%3Cuser.spark.apache.org%3E
securityfocus.com / bid/106786
Third Party Advisory