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Vulnerability details: VCID-urvt-k97y-qufq
Vulnerability ID VCID-urvt-k97y-qufq
Aliases CVE-2018-11768
GHSA-hx83-rpqf-m267
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-11768.json
epss 0.03485 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-11768
epss 0.03485 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-11768
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hx83-rpqf-m267
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://hadoop.apache.org/cve_list.html
generic_textual HIGH https://hadoop.apache.org/cve_list.html
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2067a797b330530a6932f4b08f703b3173253d0a2b7c8c524e54adaf@%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2067a797b330530a6932f4b08f703b3173253d0a2b7c8c524e54adaf@%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2c9cc65864be0058a5d5ed2025dfb9c700bf23d352b0c826c36ff96a@%3Chdfs-dev.hadoop.apache.org%3E
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2c9cc65864be0058a5d5ed2025dfb9c700bf23d352b0c826c36ff96a@%3Chdfs-dev.hadoop.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/72ca514e01cd5f08151e74f9929799b4cbe1b6e9e6cd24faa72ffcc6@%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/72ca514e01cd5f08151e74f9929799b4cbe1b6e9e6cd24faa72ffcc6@%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9b609d4392d886711e694cf40d86f770022baf42a1b1aa97e8244c87@%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9b609d4392d886711e694cf40d86f770022baf42a1b1aa97e8244c87@%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/caacbbba2dcc1105163f76f3dfee5fbd22e0417e0783212787086378@%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/caacbbba2dcc1105163f76f3dfee5fbd22e0417e0783212787086378@%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ceb16af9139ab0fea24aef935b6321581976887df7ad632e9a515dda@%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ceb16af9139ab0fea24aef935b6321581976887df7ad632e9a515dda@%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ea6d2dfbefab8ebe46be18b05136b83ae53b7866f1bc60c680a2b600@%3Chdfs-dev.hadoop.apache.org%3E
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ea6d2dfbefab8ebe46be18b05136b83ae53b7866f1bc60c680a2b600@%3Chdfs-dev.hadoop.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f20bb4e055d8394fc525cc7772fb84096f706389043e76220c8a29a4@%3Chdfs-dev.hadoop.apache.org%3E
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f20bb4e055d8394fc525cc7772fb84096f706389043e76220c8a29a4@%3Chdfs-dev.hadoop.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r02e39d7beb32eebcdbb4b516e95f67d71c90d5d462b26f4078d21eeb@%3Cdev.flink.apache.org%3E
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r02e39d7beb32eebcdbb4b516e95f67d71c90d5d462b26f4078d21eeb@%3Cdev.flink.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r02e39d7beb32eebcdbb4b516e95f67d71c90d5d462b26f4078d21eeb@%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r02e39d7beb32eebcdbb4b516e95f67d71c90d5d462b26f4078d21eeb@%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11768
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11768
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-11768.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-11768
https://hadoop.apache.org/cve_list.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2067a797b330530a6932f4b08f703b3173253d0a2b7c8c524e54adaf@%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2c9cc65864be0058a5d5ed2025dfb9c700bf23d352b0c826c36ff96a@%3Chdfs-dev.hadoop.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/72ca514e01cd5f08151e74f9929799b4cbe1b6e9e6cd24faa72ffcc6@%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9b609d4392d886711e694cf40d86f770022baf42a1b1aa97e8244c87@%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/caacbbba2dcc1105163f76f3dfee5fbd22e0417e0783212787086378@%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ceb16af9139ab0fea24aef935b6321581976887df7ad632e9a515dda@%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ea6d2dfbefab8ebe46be18b05136b83ae53b7866f1bc60c680a2b600@%3Chdfs-dev.hadoop.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f20bb4e055d8394fc525cc7772fb84096f706389043e76220c8a29a4@%3Chdfs-dev.hadoop.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r02e39d7beb32eebcdbb4b516e95f67d71c90d5d462b26f4078d21eeb@%3Cdev.flink.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r02e39d7beb32eebcdbb4b516e95f67d71c90d5d462b26f4078d21eeb@%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11768
1764650 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1764650
GHSA-hx83-rpqf-m267 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hx83-rpqf-m267
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-11768.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://hadoop.apache.org/cve_list.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2067a797b330530a6932f4b08f703b3173253d0a2b7c8c524e54adaf@%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2c9cc65864be0058a5d5ed2025dfb9c700bf23d352b0c826c36ff96a@%3Chdfs-dev.hadoop.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/72ca514e01cd5f08151e74f9929799b4cbe1b6e9e6cd24faa72ffcc6@%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9b609d4392d886711e694cf40d86f770022baf42a1b1aa97e8244c87@%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/caacbbba2dcc1105163f76f3dfee5fbd22e0417e0783212787086378@%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ceb16af9139ab0fea24aef935b6321581976887df7ad632e9a515dda@%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ea6d2dfbefab8ebe46be18b05136b83ae53b7866f1bc60c680a2b600@%3Chdfs-dev.hadoop.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f20bb4e055d8394fc525cc7772fb84096f706389043e76220c8a29a4@%3Chdfs-dev.hadoop.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r02e39d7beb32eebcdbb4b516e95f67d71c90d5d462b26f4078d21eeb@%3Cdev.flink.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r02e39d7beb32eebcdbb4b516e95f67d71c90d5d462b26f4078d21eeb@%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11768
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.87067
EPSS Score 0.03485
Published At June 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:22:10.389325+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2019/11/GHSA-hx83-rpqf-m267/GHSA-hx83-rpqf-m267.json 36.1.3