{"cve":"CVE-2018-8029","nvd":{"published":"2019-05-30T16:29:01.370","modified":"2026-06-17T02:04:07.567","status":"Modified","description":"In Apache Hadoop versions 3.0.0-alpha1 to 3.1.0, 2.9.0 to 2.9.1, and 2.2.0 to 2.8.4, a user who can escalate to yarn user can possibly run arbitrary commands as root user.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.8},"cwes":[],"references":["http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108518","https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0b8d58e02dbd0fb8bf7320c514fe58da1d6728bdc150f1ba04e0d9fc%40%3Cissues.hbase.apache.org%3E","https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/17084c09e6dedf60efe08028b429c92ffd28aacc28454e4fa924578a%40%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E","https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a0164b87660223a2d491f83c88f905fe1a9fa8dc795148d9b0d968c8%40%3Cdev.hbase.apache.org%3E","https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a97c53a81e639ca2fc7b8f61a4fcd1842c2a78544041244a7c624727%40%3Cissues.hbase.apache.org%3E"],"products":["apache:hadoop"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:57:00.690689396+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2018-8029","score":0.03909,"percentile":0.90288,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-37pw-qw47-4jxm","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-37pw-qw47-4jxm","summary":"Privilege escalation vulnerability in Apache Hadoop","modified":"2024-02-16T08:05:28.334834Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-main","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.hadoop/hadoop-main","ranges":[">=2.2.0 <2.8.4"],"fixed":["2.8.4"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-main","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.hadoop/hadoop-main","ranges":[">=2.9.0 <2.9.2"],"fixed":["2.9.2"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-main","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.hadoop/hadoop-main","ranges":[">=3.0.0 <3.1.1"],"fixed":["3.1.1"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}