GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-g3fc-8jv4-qmmv Apache Knox allows impersonation of users

MEDIUM Published 2022-05-13 Modified 2025-04-22 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2017-5646
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.apache.knox:gateway-provider-identity-assertion-common
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-346
Reviewed
2025-04-22

Affected packages

• Maven org.apache.knox:gateway-provider-identity-assertion-common: >= 0.2.0, < 0.12.0 → fixed in 0.12.0

Description

For versions of Apache Knox from 0.2.0 to 0.11.0 - an authenticated user may use a specially crafted URL to impersonate another user while accessing WebHDFS through Apache Knox. This may result in escalated privileges and unauthorized data access. While this activity is audit logged and can be easily associated with the authenticated user, this is still a serious security issue. All users are recommended to upgrade to the Apache Knox 0.12.0 release.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2017-5646 For versions of Apache Knox from 0.2.0 to 0.11.0 - an authenticated user may use a specially crafted URL to impersonate another user while… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-346 Origin Validation Error weakness

References