CVE-2018-11764: Missing Authentication for Critical Function

February 10, 2022

Web endpoint authentication check is broken in Apache Hadoop 3.0.0-alpha4, 3.0.0-beta1, and 3.0.0. Authenticated users may impersonate any user even if no proxy user is configured.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-4fh8-pm7g-pmxq
lists.apache.org/thread.html/r790ad0a049cde713b93589ecfd4dd2766fda0fc6807eedb6cf69f5c1%40%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11764
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201103-0003/

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