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Privilege Escalation Affecting org.apache.knox:gateway package, versions [,0.12.0)

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.08% (34th percentile)
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NVD
6.8 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEKNOX-31511
  • published 15 Oct 2017
  • disclosed 25 May 2017
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 25 May 2017

CVE-2017-5646 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-346 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.knox:gateway to version 0.12.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of org.apache.knox:gateway are vulnerable to Privilege Escalation. For versions of Apache Knox from 0.2.0 to 0.11.0 - an authenticated user may use a specially crafted URL to impersonate another user while accessing WebHDFS through Apache Knox. This may result in escalated privileges and unauthorized data access. While this activity is audit logged and can be easily associated with the authenticated user, this is still a serious security issue. All users are recommended to upgrade to the Apache Knox 0.12.0 release.

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