CVE-2018-8029 describes a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in Apache Hadoop versions 3.0.0-alpha1 to 3.1.0, 2.9.0 to 2.9.1, and 2.2.0 to 2.8.4. An attacker with yarn user privileges can execute arbitrary commands as the root user. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a significant risk of complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Despite its severity, there is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.2.0, <= 2.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:hadoop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3.0.1, <= 3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:hadoop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:hadoop:2.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:hadoop:2.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:hadoop:3.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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