CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-9799

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

In some situations and configurations of Apache Storm 1.x before 1.0.4 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1, the owner of a topology can trick the supervisor into launching a worker as a different, non-root user.

Risk Assessment

In the worst case, this could lead to the compromise of secure credentials of the other user, posing a serious security threat to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Apache Storm to the latest version to minimize the risk associated with this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

It was found that under some situations and configurations of Apache Storm 1.x before 1.0.4 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1, it is theoretically possible for the owner of a topology to trick the supervisor to launch a worker as a different, non-root, user. In the worst case this could lead to secure credentials of the other user being compromised.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS