CVE-2015-1776
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Apache Hadoop
6.2
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.07%
Description
Apache Hadoop 2.6.x encrypts intermediate data generated by a MapReduce job and stores it along with the encryption key in a credentials file on disk when the Intermediate data encryption feature is enabled, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file.
How to fix CVE-2015-1776
To remediate CVE-2015-1776, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.6.5 or later
Is CVE-2015-1776 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 2.6.0, < 2.6.5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.2 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |