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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Apache Spark via crafted URL

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 14, 2019 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 9, 2023

Package

maven org.apache.spark:spark-core_2.10 (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 2.1.0, < 2.1.3
>= 2.2.0, < 2.2.2

Patched versions

2.1.3
2.2.2
maven org.apache.spark:spark-core_2.11 (Maven)
>= 2.1.0, < 2.1.3
>= 2.2.0, < 2.2.2
= 2.3.0
2.1.3
2.2.2
2.3.1

Description

In Apache Spark 2.1.0 to 2.1.2, 2.2.0 to 2.2.1, and 2.3.0, it's possible for a malicious user to construct a URL pointing to a Spark cluster's UI's job and stage info pages, and if a user can be tricked into accessing the URL, can be used to cause script to execute and expose information from the user's view of the Spark UI. While some browsers like recent versions of Chrome and Safari are able to block this type of attack, current versions of Firefox (and possibly others) do not.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 14, 2019
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Jan 9, 2023

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS score

0.046%
(18th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2018-8024

GHSA ID

GHSA-8cw6-5qvp-q3wj

Source code

No known source code
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