CVE-2023-38188 Azure Apache Hadoop Spoofing Vulnerability
An attacker can exploit a spoofing vulnerability in Azure HDInsight to bypass security controls, requiring a vendor patch for mitigation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-38188?
CVE-2023-38188 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Microsoft Azure HDInsight, published on 8 Aug 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Azure Apache Hadoop Spoofing Vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-38188?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Azure Hdinsight.
How do I fix CVE-2023-38188?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-38188 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2023-38188 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-38188 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2026-81349 Azure HDInsight Ambari Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2023-38156 Azure HDInsight Apache Ambari JDBC Injection Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-21529 Azure HDInsight Spoofing Vulnerability
- CVE-2023-35394 Azure HDInsight Jupyter Notebook Spoofing Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h4f6-pvrq-rcr4.