CVE-2016-5393

high

Published 2016-11-29 · Modified 2023-11-08

CVSS v3

8.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

6.5

VIR risk

8.8

Description

Improper Access Control in Apache Hadoop

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/hadoop-general/201611.mbox/%3CCAA0W1bTbUmUUSF1rjRpX-2DvWutcrPt7TJSWUcSLg1F0gyHG1Q%40mail.gmail.com%3E

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
Maven	org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common	`>=2.6.0,<2.6.5`	`2.6.5`
Maven	org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common	`>=2.7.0,<2.7.3`	`2.7.3`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
apache	hadoop	`2.7.0`
apache	hadoop	`2.7.1`
apache	hadoop	`2.7.2`
apache	hadoop	`2.6.0`
apache	hadoop	`2.6.1`
apache	hadoop	`2.6.2`
apache	hadoop	`2.6.3`
apache	hadoop	`2.6.4`

References

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/hadoop-general/201611.mbox/%3CCAA0W1bTbUmUUSF1rjRpX-2DvWutcrPt7TJSWUcSLg1F0gyHG1Q%40mail.gmail.com%3E
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94574
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5393

CWEs

CWE-284

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.