CVE-2018-8029 Privilege escalation vulnerability in Apache Hadoop

What is CVE-2018-8029?

CVE-2018-8029 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Hadoop, published on 30 May 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-8029?

6 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-main. It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Hadoop.

How do I fix CVE-2018-8029?

Upgrade org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-main to a fixed version for your release line: 2.8.4, 2.9.2 or 3.1.1.

Is CVE-2018-8029 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-8029 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apache Hadoop

• CVE-2022-25168 Command injection in org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileUtil.unTarUsingTar Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-37404 Heap buffer overflow in libhdfs native library Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-26612 Arbitrary file write in FileUtil#unpackEntries on Windows Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-17195 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in Connect2id Nimbus JOSE+JWT Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-15718 Exposure of Sensitive Information in Hadoop Critical 9.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-37pw-qw47-4jxm.