01 Record
CVE-2018-8029
In Apache Hadoop versions 3.0.0-alpha1 to 3.1.0, 2.9.0 to 2.9.1, and 2.2.0 to 2.8.4, a user who can escalate to yarn user can possibly run arbitrary commands as root user.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: apache
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
In Apache Hadoop versions 3.0.0-alpha1 to 3.1.0, 2.9.0 to 2.9.1, and 2.2.0 to 2.8.4, a user who can escalate to yarn user can possibly run arbitrary commands as root user.
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
- 3.90% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2019-05-30 15:15Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 06:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-03-09
- Assigning CNA
- apache
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1ec132b6c6f9388b7348b017ae26302c6f918d1419a36268ac1b98a548247546
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- lists.apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/17084c09e6dedf60efe08028b429c92ffd28aacc28454e4fa924578a%40%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[hbase-issues] 20190530 [jira] [Commented] (HBASE-22499) Drop the support for several hadoop releases due to CVE-2018-8029https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a97c53a81e639ca2fc7b8f61a4fcd1842c2a78544041244a7c624727%40%3Cissues.hbase.apache.org%3E
- www.securityfocus.com108518http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108518
- lists.apache.org[hbase-dev] 20190603 [jira] [Resolved] (HBASE-22499) Drop the support for several hadoop releases due to CVE-2018-8029https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a0164b87660223a2d491f83c88f905fe1a9fa8dc795148d9b0d968c8%40%3Cdev.hbase.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[hbase-issues] 20190603 [jira] [Resolved] (HBASE-22499) Drop the support for several hadoop releases due to CVE-2018-8029https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0b8d58e02dbd0fb8bf7320c514fe58da1d6728bdc150f1ba04e0d9fc%40%3Cissues.hbase.apache.org%3E
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190617-0001/
- lists.apache.org[druid-commits] 20201008 [druid] branch master updated: Suppress CVE-2018-11765 for hadoop dependencies (#10485)https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4dddf1705dbedfa94392913b2dad1cd2d1d89040facd389eea0b3510%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[druid-commits] 20201008 [druid] branch 0.20.0 updated: Suppress CVE-2018-11765 for hadoop dependencies (#10485) (#10492)https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb21df54a4e39732ce653d2aa5672e36a792b59eb6717f2a06bb8d02a%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E