CVE-2017-5646
medium
CVSS v3
6.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.8
Description
Apache Knox allows impersonation of users
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
77%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.knox:gateway-provider-identity-assertion-common | >=0.2.0,<0.12.0 | 0.12.0 |
References
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/knox-user/201705.mbox/%3CCACRbFyjtT7QQGHUzTRdbJoySbJb7tt4BDk5-r-VRn0GB0Kgvag%40mail.gmail.com%3E
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98739
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rcd6bcbcc08840d4e4bea661efe9a5ef8f6126ebbbc5bc266701d8f48%40%3Cdev.logging.apache.org%3E
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5646
- https://github.com/apache/knox/commit/998dcd257dc839c9651485760da4d614c16e2ca2
- https://github.com/apache/knox
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rcd6bcbcc08840d4e4bea661efe9a5ef8f6126ebbbc5bc266701d8f48@%3Cdev.logging.apache.org%3E
CWEs
CWE-346
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.