# CVE-2023-32007: Apache Spark UI vulnerable to Command Injection

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2023-32007-apache-spark-ui-vulnerable-to-command-injection  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2023-05-02  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2023-32007 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2023-05-02

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** The Apache Spark UI offers the possibility to enable ACLs via the configuration option spark.acls.enable. With an authentication filter, this checks whether a user has access permissions to view or modify the application. If ACLs are enabled, a code path in HttpSecurityFilter can allow someone to perform impersonation by providing an arbitrary user name. A malicious user might then be able to reach a permission check function that will ultimately build a Unix shell command based on their input, and execute it. This will result in arbitrary shell command execution as the user Spark is currently running as. This issue was disclosed earlier as CVE-2022-33891, but incorrectly claimed version 3.1.3 (which has since gone EOL) would not be affected.

NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Users are recommended to upgrade to a supported version of Apache Spark, such as version 3.4.0.

Technologies: [pyspark (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/pyspark). Vendors: [Maven](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/maven), [PyPI](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/pypi).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2023-32007 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2023-32007 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2023-32007?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 2 May 2023.

**Which products and versions are affected?** org.apache.spark:spark-parent_2.12 (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=3.1.1,fixed=3.2.2; pyspark (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=3.2.2.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2023-32007?** Yes. org.apache.spark:spark-parent_2.12 (Maven): upgrade to 3.2.2 or later; pyspark (PyPI): upgrade to 3.2.2 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2023-32007?** Check whether you run org.apache.spark:spark-parent_2.12 (Maven) or pyspark (PyPI) 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.spark:spark-parent_2.12 (Maven): upgrade to 3.2.2 or later

  ```sh
  # set org.apache.spark:spark-parent_2.12 to 3.2.2 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```

- pyspark (PyPI): upgrade to 3.2.2 or later

  ```sh
  pip install "pyspark>=3.2.2"
  ```


## Affected products

- org.apache.spark:spark-parent_2.12 (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=3.1.1,fixed=3.2.2
- pyspark (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=3.2.2

## Identifiers

- CVE-2023-32007
- GHSA-59hw-j9g6-mfg3
- PYSEC-2023-72

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