GHSA-g3fc-8jv4-qmmv

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    GHSA-g3fc-8jv4-qmmv

    Published: 13 May 2022Last Modified: 22 Apr 2025
    Aliases:
    CVE-2017-5646

    Summary: Apache Knox allows impersonation of users

    Details: For versions of Apache Knox from 0.2.0 to 0.11.0 - an authenticated user may use a specially crafted URL to impersonate another user while accessing WebHDFS through Apache Knox. This may result in escalated privileges and unauthorized data access. While this activity is audit logged and can be easily associated with the authenticated user, this is still a serious security issue. All users are recommended to upgrade to the Apache Knox 0.12.0 release.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5646, https://github.com/apache/knox/commit/998dcd257dc839c9651485760da4d614c16e2ca2, https://github.com/apache/knox, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rcd6bcbcc08840d4e4bea661efe9a5ef8f6126ebbbc5bc266701d8f48@%3Cdev.logging.apache.org%3E, http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/knox-user/201705.mbox/%3CCACRbFyjtT7QQGHUzTRdbJoySbJb7tt4BDk5-r-VRn0GB0Kgvag%40mail.gmail.com%3E

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: org.apache.knox:gateway-provider-identity-assertion-common

    Purl: pkg:maven/org.apache.knox/gateway-provider-identity-assertion-common

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0.2.0
    Fixed -0.12.0

    Affected versions

    0.10.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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