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Vulnerability details: VCID-mxeh-rpcj-zua5
Vulnerability ID VCID-mxeh-rpcj-zua5
Aliases CVE-2014-0229
GHSA-9r7g-325h-mxrm
Summary Improper Authentication in Apache Hadoop Apache 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.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-287 Improper Authentication
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00461 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-0229
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0229
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0229
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://www.cloudera.com/documentation/other/security-bulletins/topics/csb_topic_1.html#concept_i1q_xvk_2r
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.cloudera.com/documentation/other/security-bulletins/topics/csb_topic_1.html#concept_i1q_xvk_2r
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-0229
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0229
https://www.cloudera.com/documentation/other/security-bulletins/topics/csb_topic_1.html#concept_i1q_xvk_2r
GHSA-9r7g-325h-mxrm https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9r7g-325h-mxrm
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0229
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://www.cloudera.com/documentation/other/security-bulletins/topics/csb_topic_1.html#concept_i1q_xvk_2r
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.63163
EPSS Score 0.00461
Published At June 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:26:06.037266+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-9r7g-325h-mxrm/GHSA-9r7g-325h-mxrm.json 36.1.3