CVE-2018-1296: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Hadoop

CVE-2018-1296 · Severity: low · CVSS 3 · Published 2019-02-12

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Hadoop

Technologies: org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-main (Maven). Vendors: Maven.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2018-1296 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2018-1296 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2018-1296?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3, published 12 February 2019.
Which products and versions are affected?
org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-main (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.7.6.
Is there a fix for CVE-2018-1296?
Yes. org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-main (Maven): upgrade to 2.7.6 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2018-1296?
Check whether you run org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-main (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-main (Maven): upgrade to 2.7.6 or later
    # set org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-main to 2.7.6 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

  • org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-main (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.7.6

Identifiers

  • CVE-2018-1296
  • GHSA-v569-g72v-q434

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