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CVE-2018-8012
No authentication/authorization is enforced when a server attempts to join a quorum in Apache ZooKeeper before 3.4.10, and 3.5.0-alpha…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 8.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
No authentication/authorization is enforced when a server attempts to join a quorum in Apache ZooKeeper before 3.4.10, and 3.5.0-alpha through 3.5.3-beta. As a result an arbitrary end point could join the cluster and begin propagating counterfeit changes to the leader.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apache
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 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)
- 8.4% · top 5.0% of all CVEs (9 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 Software Foundation · Apache ZooKeeper
- affected Apache ZooKeeper prior to 3.4.10, Apache ZooKeeper 3.5.0-alpha through 3.5.3-beta
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.zookeeper:zookeeperGHSA-ccqf-c5hq-77mp (opens in a new tab)
References
12
- DSA-4214 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 1040948 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 104253 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [activemq-issues] 20190820 [jira] [Created] (AMQ-7279) Security Vulnerabilities in Libraries - jackson-databind-2.9.8.jar, tomcat-servlet-api-8.0.53.jar, tomcat-websocket-api-8.0.53.jar, zookeeper-3.4.6.jar, guava-18.0.jar, jetty-all-9.2.26.v20180806.jar, scala-library-2.11.0.jar (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [nifi-commits] 20191113 svn commit: r1869773 - /nifi/site/trunk/security.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [nifi-commits] 20200123 svn commit: r1873083 - /nifi/site/trunk/security.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c75147028c1c79bdebd4f8fa5db2b77da85de2b05ecc0d54d708b393%40%3Cdev.zookeeper.apache.org%3E (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [jackrabbit-dev] 20210716 [GitHub] [jackrabbit-oak] nit0906 opened a new pull request #326: OAK-9496 | Update zookeeper version to handle CVE-2018-8012 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [jackrabbit-dev] 20210716 [GitHub] [jackrabbit-oak] nit0906 commented on pull request #326: OAK-9496 | Update zookeeper version to handle CVE-2018-8012 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [jackrabbit-oak-commits] 20210720 [jackrabbit-oak] branch trunk updated: OAK-9496 | Update zookeeper version to handle CVE-2018-8012 (#326) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [jackrabbit-dev] 20210720 [GitHub] [jackrabbit-oak] nit0906 merged pull request #326: OAK-9496 | Update zookeeper version to handle CVE-2018-8012 (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-2022-3562 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-ccqf-c5hq-77mp (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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