CVE-2021-25642

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    CVE-2021-25642

    Published: 25 Aug 2022Last Modified: 9 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: ZKConfigurationStore which is optionally used by CapacityScheduler of Apache Hadoop YARN deserializes data obtained from ZooKeeper without validation. An attacker having access to ZooKeeper can run arbitrary commands as YARN user by exploiting this. Users should upgrade to Apache Hadoop 2.10.2, 3.2.4, 3.3.4 or later (containing YARN-11126) if ZKConfigurationStore is used.

    References: https://lists.apache.org/thread/g6vf2h4wdgzzdgk91mqozhs58wotq150, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221201-0003/

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 756ebc8394e473ac25feac05fa493f6d612e6c50
    Fixed -965fd380006fa78b2315668fbc7eb432e1d8200f

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
    None
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    High
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