HIGH
hadoop: a user who can escalate to yarn user can possibly run arbitrary commands as root user
Published May 30, 2019
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.91%
Description
In Apache Hadoop versions 3.0.0-alpha1 to 3.1.0, 2.9.0 to 2.9.1, and 2.2.0 to 2.8.4, a user who can escalate to yarn user can possibly run arbitrary commands as root user.
Affected products
- Vendor n/a Product Apache Hadoop Defaultn/a
- Version Apache Hadoop 3.0.0-alpha1 to 3.1.0, 2.9.0 to 2.9.1, 2.2.0 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
- ≥ 3.0.1 · ≤ 3.1.0
- 2.9.0
- 2.9.1
- 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-core
Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7
hadoop-core
Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6
hadoop-core
Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6
hadoop-core
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
openshift4/ose-metering-hadoop
Not affected
Red Hat Satellite 5
nutch
Not affected
Red Hat Satellite 5
spacewalk-search
Not affected
Red Hat Storage 3
rhs-hadoop
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Fuse 7 | hadoop-core | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 | hadoop-core | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 | hadoop-core | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 | hadoop-core | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | openshift4/ose-metering-hadoop | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Satellite 5 | nutch | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Satellite 5 | spacewalk-search | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Storage 3 | rhs-hadoop | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
8.8 HIGH Red Hat
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
8.8 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
9.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.91% 0.03909
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03909
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (21 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.91% (0.03909) | 89.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.98% (0.03982) | 89.12th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 21, 2025 | 2.19% (0.02193) | 83.87th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 6.99% (0.06987) | 90.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 2.37% (0.02371) | 84.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.35% (0.01346) | 78.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.14% (0.03135) | 78.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.35% (0.01346) | 78.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.29% (0.00285) | 69.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 23, 2024 | 0.29% (0.00285) | 68.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2024 | 0.24% (0.00244) | 64.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.24% (0.00244) | 62.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.38% (0.00384) | 68.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.74% (0.01736) | 76.19th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.74% (0.01736) | 76.14th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.74% (0.01736) | 74.07th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.74% (0.01736) | 53.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 5.41% (0.05407) | 79.89th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 5.41% (0.05407) | 79.69th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 5.41% (0.05407) | 88.52th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 5.41% (0.05407) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (19)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108518 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8029 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1795321 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-37pw-qw47-4jxm Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0b8d58e02dbd0fb8bf7320c514fe58da1d6728bdc150f1ba04e0d9fc%40%3Cissues.hbase.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0b8d58e02dbd0fb8bf7320c514fe58da1d6728bdc150f1ba04e0d9fc@%3Cissues.hbase.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/17084c09e6dedf60efe08028b429c92ffd28aacc28454e4fa924578a%40%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/17084c09e6dedf60efe08028b429c92ffd28aacc28454e4fa924578a@%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a0164b87660223a2d491f83c88f905fe1a9fa8dc795148d9b0d968c8%40%3Cdev.hbase.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a0164b87660223a2d491f83c88f905fe1a9fa8dc795148d9b0d968c8@%3Cdev.hbase.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a97c53a81e639ca2fc7b8f61a4fcd1842c2a78544041244a7c624727%40%3Cissues.hbase.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a97c53a81e639ca2fc7b8f61a4fcd1842c2a78544041244a7c624727@%3Cissues.hbase.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4dddf1705dbedfa94392913b2dad1cd2d1d89040facd389eea0b3510%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4dddf1705dbedfa94392913b2dad1cd2d1d89040facd389eea0b3510@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb21df54a4e39732ce653d2aa5672e36a792b59eb6717f2a06bb8d02a%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb21df54a4e39732ce653d2aa5672e36a792b59eb6717f2a06bb8d02a@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8029
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190617-0001/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8029
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner apache
Published May 30, 2019
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Mar 9, 2018
Link CVE-2018-8029
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-37PW-QW47-4JXM Updated n/a