Exposure of Sensitive Information in Hadoop

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2017-15718 · GHSA-mq8p-h798-xcrp · Published 24/01/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-15718 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-main, hadoop (apache).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.6%, higher than 89.4% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.7.5 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-main Maven	`≥ 2.7.3, < 2.7.5`	`2.7.5`
hadoop apache	`= 2.7.3= 2.7.4`	No fix yet

Description

The YARN NodeManager in Apache Hadoop 2.7.3 and 2.7.4 can leak the password for credential store provider used by the NodeManager to YARN Applications.

NVD description

The YARN NodeManager in Apache Hadoop 2.7.3 and 2.7.4 can leak the password for credential store provider used by the NodeManager to YARN Applications.

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-main

Maven

≥ 2.7.3, < 2.7.5

2.7.5

hadoop

apache

= 2.7.3= 2.7.4

No fix yet

Description

The YARN NodeManager in Apache Hadoop 2.7.3 and 2.7.4 can leak the password for credential store provider used by the NodeManager to YARN Applications.

NVD description

The YARN NodeManager in Apache Hadoop 2.7.3 and 2.7.4 can leak the password for credential store provider used by the NodeManager to YARN Applications.

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