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CVE-2018-11768
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…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 6.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apache
- 16 months later
· 16 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.6% · top 6.1% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
Apache Hadoop
- affected 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 2.8.4
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.hadoop:hadoop-mainGHSA-hx83-rpqf-m267 (opens in a new tab)
References
10
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2067a797b330530a6932f4b08f703b3173253d0a2b7c8c524e54adaf%40%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [hadoop-general] 20191004 Re:CVE-2018-11768: HDFS FSImage Corruption (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [hadoop-hdfs-dev] 20191004 Re:CVE-2018-11768: HDFS FSImage Corruption (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [hadoop-hdfs-dev] 20191004 Re: CVE-2018-11768: HDFS FSImage Corruption (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [hadoop-hdfs-dev] 20191006 Re: CVE-2018-11768: HDFS FSImage Corruption (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [lucene-dev] 20191029 Re: CVE-2018-11768 in regards to Solr (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [lucene-dev] 20191029 CVE-2018-11768 in regards to Solr (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [lucene-dev] 20191031 RE: CVE-2018-11768 in regards to Solr (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [flink-dev] 20200806 Dependency vulnerabilities with Apache Flink 1.10.1 version (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [flink-user] 20200806 Dependency vulnerabilities with Apache Flink 1.10.1 version (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-0752 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-hx83-rpqf-m267 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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