CVE-2016-5001 json
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Apache Hadoop
published 2017-08-30 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-8r28-r8cp-g6cp , EUVD-2022-3221
- cvss
- 5.5
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.7%
- EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
This is an information disclosure vulnerability in Apache Hadoop before 2.6.4 and 2.7.x before 2.7.2 in the short-circuit reads feature of HDFS. A local user on an HDFS DataNode may be able to craft a block token that grants unauthorized read access to random files by guessing certain fields in the token.
Patch / fix
- maven org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common 2.6.4, 2.7.2
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2016-5001 updated cvss 3.3
hadoop: Information disclosure
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| GitHub | 3.0 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| maven | org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common | <2.6.4 >=2.7.0, <2.7.2 |
2.6.4 2.7.2 |
Affected products
- Apache Software Foundation Apache Hadoop
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
References
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securityfocus.com
/bid/94950
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
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seclists.org
/oss-sec/2016/q4/698
mailing-list, web, third-party-advisory
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lists.apache.org
/thread.html/r66de86b9a608c1da70b2d27d765c11ec88edf6e5dd6f379ab33e072a%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E
mailing-list
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5001
advisory
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lists.apache.org
/thread.html/r66de86b9a608c1da70b2d27d765c11ec88edf6e5dd6f379ab33e072a@%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2016-5001
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-8r28-r8cp-g6cp
- NVD CVE-2016-5001
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