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CVE-2018-11766

In Apache Hadoop 2.7.4 to 2.7.6, the security fix for CVE-2016-6811 is incomplete. A user who can escalate to yarn user can possibly run arbitrary commands as root user.

Published: Nov 27, 2018
Updated: Nov 9, 2025
CVE: CVE-2018-11766
GHSA: GHSA-rqj9-cq6j-958r
Severity: High
Exploit:

CVSS v2:

Severity: High
Score: 9
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
apache / hadoop	2.7.4	2.7.6.x
org.apache.hadoop / hadoop-main	2.7.4	2.7.7

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106035
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff37bbbe09d5f03090e2dd2c3dea95de16ef4249e731f19b8959ce4c@%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff37bbbe09d5f03090e2dd2c3dea95de16ef4249e731f19b8959ce4c%40%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E

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