CVE-2017-5635 Improper Authentication In Apache NiFi

What is CVE-2017-5635?

CVE-2017-5635 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Apache Nifi, published on 19 Oct 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Apache NiFi before 0.7.2 and 1.x before 1.1.2 in a cluster environment, if an anonymous user request is replicated to another node, the originating node identity is used rather than the "anonymous" user.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5635?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.nifi:nifi. It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Nifi.

How do I fix CVE-2017-5635?

Upgrade org.apache.nifi:nifi to a fixed version for your release line: 0.7.2 or 1.1.2.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2017-5635 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5635 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apache Nifi

• CVE-2018-1309 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Apache NiFi Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-15697 Apache NiFi XSS issue in context path handling Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-5636 Injection in Apache NiFi Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-68981 Apache NiFi: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption through Decompression of HTTP Requests High 8.8
• CVE-2023-36542 Apache NiFi: Potential Code Injection with Properties Referencing Remote Resources High 8.8

All Apache Nifi vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-jgj9-6v78-6g8m.