01 Record
CVE-2020-9480
In Apache Spark 2.4.5 and earlier, a standalone resource manager's master may be configured to require authentication (spark.authenticate) via a shared secret. When enabled, however, a
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: apache
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
In Apache Spark 2.4.5 and earlier, a standalone resource manager's master may be configured to require authentication (spark.authenticate) via a shared secret. When enabled, however, a
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
- 29.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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
- Important. 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
- 2020-06-23 21:50Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 10:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-03-01
- Assigning CNA
- apache
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ed30ded84dbf6929db29e6609df17d4023a3be32e08f115eb9a1f7d9420702e7
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- spark.apache.orghttps://spark.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2020-9480
- lists.apache.org[spark-user] 20200803 Re: CVE-2020-9480: Apache Spark RCE vulnerability in auth-enabled standalone masterhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03ad9fe7c07d6039fba9f2152d345274473cb0af3d8a4794a6645f4b%40%3Cuser.spark.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[spark-dev] 20200803 Re: CVE-2020-9480: Apache Spark RCE vulnerability in auth-enabled standalone masterhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ree9e87aae81852330290a478692e36ea6db47a52a694545c7d66e3e2%40%3Cdev.spark.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[submarine-commits] 20201209 [GitHub] [submarine] QiAnXinCodeSafe opened a new issue #475: There is a vulnerability in Apache Spark 2.3.4,upgrade recommendedhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb3956440747e41940d552d377d50b144b60085e7ff727adb0e575d8d%40%3Ccommits.submarine.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[doris-commits] 20210402 [GitHub] [incubator-doris] zh0122 opened a new pull request #5593: [FE][Bug] Update Spark version to fix a security issuehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra0e62a18ad080c4ce6df5e0202a27eaada75222761efc3f7238b5a3b%40%3Ccommits.doris.apache.org%3E
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html