HIGH
hadoop: user/group information corruption through fsimage storing and reading
Published Oct 4, 2019
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 6.61%
Description
In Apache Hadoop 3.1.0 to 3.1.1, 3.0.0-alpha1 to 3.0.3, 2.9.0 to 2.9.1, and 2.0.0-alpha to 2.8.4, the user/group information can be corrupted across storing in fsimage and reading back from fsimage.
Affected products
- Vendor n/a Product Apache Hadoop Defaultn/a
- Version Apache Hadoop 3.1.0 to 3.1.1, 3.0.0-alpha1 to 3.0.3, 2.9.0 to 2.9.1, 2.0.0-alpha to 2.8.4StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Apache Hadoop | n/a |
|
OR
- ≥ 2.2.0 · ≤ 2.8.4
- ≥ 2.9.0 · ≤ 2.9.1
- ≥ 3.0.1 · ≤ 3.0.3
- ≥ 3.1.0 · ≤ 3.1.1
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.6
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.1
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
No data.
Red Hat Fuse 7
hadoop
Fix deferred
Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7
hadoop-common
Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6
hadoop-core
Out of support scope
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6
hadoop-core
Out of support scope
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
openshift4/ose-metering-hadoop
Will not fix
Red Hat Satellite 5
nutch
Out of support scope
Red Hat Satellite 5
spacewalk-search
Out of support scope
Red Hat Storage 3
rhs-hadoop
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Fuse 7 | hadoop | Fix deferred | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 | hadoop-common | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 | hadoop-core | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 | hadoop-core | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | openshift4/ose-metering-hadoop | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Satellite 5 | nutch | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat Satellite 5 | spacewalk-search | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat Storage 3 | rhs-hadoop | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Hadoop is included in OpenShift Container Platform 4.2 and later as part of the metering operator. It's an optional feature that is not installed by default.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact None
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
6.61% 0.06607
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.06607
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 6.61% (0.06607) | 93.65th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.55% (0.06554) | 92.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 21, 2025 | 1.29% (0.01294) | 79.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 7.46% (0.07463) | 90.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 14, 2025 | 1.68% (0.01683) | 81.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 19, 2025 | 3.48% (0.03485) | 87.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.37% (0.02373) | 83.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.67% (0.00666) | 80.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 3, 2024 | 0.62% (0.00621) | 78.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.62% (0.00621) | 76.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.32% (0.00318) | 66.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.45% (0.00451) | 71.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.03% (0.03032) | 83.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.03% (0.03032) | 64.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 6.54% (0.06539) | 82.54th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 6.54% (0.06539) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (1)
References (26)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11768 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1764650 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hx83-rpqf-m267 Advisory
- https://hadoop.apache.org/cve_list.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2067a797b330530a6932f4b08f703b3173253d0a2b7c8c524e54adaf%40%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2067a797b330530a6932f4b08f703b3173253d0a2b7c8c524e54adaf@%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2c9cc65864be0058a5d5ed2025dfb9c700bf23d352b0c826c36ff96a%40%3Chdfs-dev.hadoop.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2c9cc65864be0058a5d5ed2025dfb9c700bf23d352b0c826c36ff96a@%3Chdfs-dev.hadoop.apache.org%3E
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- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9b609d4392d886711e694cf40d86f770022baf42a1b1aa97e8244c87%40%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/caacbbba2dcc1105163f76f3dfee5fbd22e0417e0783212787086378%40%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ceb16af9139ab0fea24aef935b6321581976887df7ad632e9a515dda@%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ea6d2dfbefab8ebe46be18b05136b83ae53b7866f1bc60c680a2b600%40%3Chdfs-dev.hadoop.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ea6d2dfbefab8ebe46be18b05136b83ae53b7866f1bc60c680a2b600@%3Chdfs-dev.hadoop.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f20bb4e055d8394fc525cc7772fb84096f706389043e76220c8a29a4%40%3Chdfs-dev.hadoop.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f20bb4e055d8394fc525cc7772fb84096f706389043e76220c8a29a4@%3Chdfs-dev.hadoop.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r02e39d7beb32eebcdbb4b516e95f67d71c90d5d462b26f4078d21eeb%40%3Cdev.flink.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r02e39d7beb32eebcdbb4b516e95f67d71c90d5d462b26f4078d21eeb%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11768
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11768
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner apache
Published Oct 4, 2019
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Jun 5, 2018
Link CVE-2018-11768
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-HX83-RPQF-M267 Updated n/a