CVE-2016-5393
Improper Access Control in Apache Hadoop
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.5%
Description
In Apache Hadoop 2.6.x before 2.6.5 and 2.7.x before 2.7.3, a remote user who can authenticate with the HDFS NameNode can possibly run arbitrary commands with the same privileges as the HDFS service.
How to fix CVE-2016-5393
To remediate CVE-2016-5393, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Maven/org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common—upgrade to 2.6.5 or later
Is CVE-2016-5393 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.5%, 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 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |