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CVE-2018-17190: Improper Authentication

November 19, 2018 (updated October 3, 2019)

In all versions of Apache Spark, the standalone resource manager accepts code to execute on a master host, that then runs that code on worker hosts. The master itself does not, by design, execute user code. A specially-crafted request to the master can, however, cause the master to execute code too. Note that this does not affect standalone clusters with authentication enabled. While the master host typically has less outbound access to other resources than a worker, the execution of code on the master is nevertheless unexpected.

References

  • www.securityfocus.com/bid/105976
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/341c3187f15cdb0d353261d2bfecf2324d56cb7db1339bfc7b30f6e5@%3Cdev.spark.apache.org%3E
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17190

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Affected versions

All versions

Solution

Enable authentication on any Spark standalone cluster that is not otherwise secured from unwanted access.

Impact 9.8 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Source file

maven/org.apache.spark/spark-core/CVE-2018-17190.yml

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