Vulnerability Instance

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    "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/16555?format=api",
    "vulnerability_id": "VCID-jabk-tfv9-gfhx",
    "summary": "Improper Authentication in Apache Hadoop\nApache Hadoop 0.23.x before 0.23.11 and 2.x before 2.4.1, as used in Cloudera CDH 5.0.x before 5.0.2, do not check authorization for the (1) refreshNamenodes, (2) deleteBlockPool, and (3) shutdownDatanode HDFS admin commands, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (DataNodes shutdown) or perform unnecessary operations by issuing a command.",
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        {
            "alias": "CVE-2014-0229"
        },
        {
            "alias": "GHSA-9r7g-325h-mxrm"
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        {
            "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-0229",
            "reference_id": "",
            "reference_type": "",
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                    "published_at": "2026-05-30T12:55:00Z"
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        },
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            "reference_type": "",
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                    "value": "MODERATE",
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        {
            "cwe_id": 1035,
            "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities",
            "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2017."
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            "name": "Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls",
            "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control."
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            "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2013."
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            "name": "Improper Authentication",
            "description": "When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct."
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    "severity_range_score": "4.0 - 6.9",
    "exploitability": "0.5",
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    "risk_score": null,
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