Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Apache Hadoop

published 2017-09-05 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-895m-ww55-59vw , EUVD-2022-3152

cvss: 9.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 3.6%; EPSS 3.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits: 0; none known

The YARN NodeManager in Apache Hadoop 2.6.x before 2.6.5 and 2.7.x before 2.7.3 can leak the password for credential store provider used by the NodeManager to YARN Applications.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

maven org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager 2.6.5, 2.7.3

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-2016-3086 updated 2025-11-21 cvss 4.8

hadoop: YARN NodeManager vulnerability

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

3.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	9.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub	3.0	9.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager	>=2.6.0, <2.6.5 >=2.7.0, <2.7.3	2.6.5 2.7.3

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Hadoop

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

mail-archives.apache.org /mod_mbox/hadoop-general/201701.mbox/%3C0ed32746-5a53-9051-5877-2b1abd88beb6%40apache.org%3E
mailing-list, web, mitigation, vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/95335
vdb-entry, web, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3086
advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2016-3086
GitHub Advisory GHSA-895m-ww55-59vw
NVD CVE-2016-3086

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Summary