Improper Input Validation in Apache Hadoop

HIGH 7.3CVE-2017-3162 · GHSA-pr9x-qmp5-j3rr · Published 26/04/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-3162 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.3) vulnerability affecting org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-client, hadoop (apache).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 6.4%, higher than 93.7% 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

Description

HDFS clients interact with a servlet on the DataNode to browse the HDFS namespace. The NameNode is provided as a query parameter that is not validated in Apache Hadoop before 2.7.0.

NVD description

HDFS clients interact with a servlet on the DataNode to browse the HDFS namespace. The NameNode is provided as a query parameter that is not validated in Apache Hadoop before 2.7.0.

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