Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Apache Hadoop

MEDIUM 6.1CVE-2017-3161 · GHSA-qm7f-r83w-3p46 · Published 26/04/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-3161 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.1) vulnerability affecting org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-client, hadoop (apache).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.9%, higher than 90.2% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.7.0 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-client Maven	`< 2.7.0`	`2.7.0`
hadoop apache	`≤ 2.6.5`	No fix yet

The HDFS web UI in Apache Hadoop before 2.7.0 is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack through an unescaped query parameter.

NVD description

The HDFS web UI in Apache Hadoop before 2.7.0 is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack through an unescaped query parameter.

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