01 Record
CVE-2017-5646
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: apache
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.75% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 54.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-05-26 21:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 15:11Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-01-29
- Assigning CNA
- apache
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-346Origin Validation ErrorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- abe2f452251c6e0718519282ad5e0df1d8d52b92959adc4bea7c5d8486da8d4b
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- mail-archives.apache.org[knox-user] 20170526 [ANNOUNCE] CVE-2017-5646: Apache Knox Impersonation Issue for WebHDFShttp://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/knox-user/201705.mbox/%3CCACRbFyjtT7QQGHUzTRdbJoySbJb7tt4BDk5-r-VRn0GB0Kgvag%40mail.gmail.com%3E
- www.securityfocus.com98739http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98739
- lists.apache.org[logging-dev] 20201107 Re: Chainsaw updatehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rcd6bcbcc08840d4e4bea661efe9a5ef8f6126ebbbc5bc266701d8f48%40%3Cdev.logging.apache.org%3E