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CVE-2017-5636

In Apache NiFi before 0.7.2 and 1.x before 1.1.2 in a cluster environment, the proxy chain serialization/deserialization is vulnerable to an injection attack where a carefully crafted username could impersonate another user and gain their permissions on a replicated request to another node.

Published

2017-10-19T20:29:00.297

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-74

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	apache	nifi	0.7.0	Yes
Application	apache	nifi	0.7.1	Yes
Application	apache	nifi	1.1.0	Yes
Application	apache	nifi	1.1.1	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96731 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://nifi.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2017-5636 Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96731 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://nifi.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2017-5636 Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)