Insecure Inherited Permissions in Apache Hadoop

HIGH 8.8CVE-2016-6811 · GHSA-mf7c-35mq-75pj · Published 11/04/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-6811 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common, hadoop (apache).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.6%, higher than 85.5% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.7.4 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common Maven	`≥ 2.0.0-alpha, < 2.7.4`	`2.7.4`
hadoop apache	`≥ 2.2.0, ≤ 2.7.3`	No fix yet

In Apache Hadoop 2.x before 2.7.4, a user who can escalate to yarn user can possibly run arbitrary commands as root user.

NVD description

In Apache Hadoop 2.x before 2.7.4, a user who can escalate to yarn user can possibly run arbitrary commands as root user.

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

Maven

≥ 2.0.0-alpha, < 2.7.4

2.7.4

≥ 2.2.0, ≤ 2.7.3

No fix yet

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