Description
This is an information disclosure vulnerability in Apache Hadoop before 2.6.4 and 2.7.x before 2.7.2 in the short-circuit reads feature of HDFS. A local user on an HDFS DataNode may be able to craft a block token that grants unauthorized read access to random files by guessing certain fields in the token.
Published: 2017-08-30
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-3221 This is an information disclosure vulnerability in Apache Hadoop before 2.6.4 and 2.7.x before 2.7.2 in the short-circuit reads feature of HDFS. A local user on an HDFS DataNode may be able to craft a block token that grants unauthorized read access to random files by guessing certain fields in the token.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8r28-r8cp-g6cp Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Apache Hadoop
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:51:02.745Z

Reserved: 2016-05-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5001

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-08-30T19:29:00.147

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-5001

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