CVE-2015-1836

Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-12-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

Apache HBase 0.98 before 0.98.12.1, 1.0 before 1.0.1.1, and 1.1 before 1.1.0.1, as used in IBM InfoSphere BigInsights 3.0, 3.0.0.1, and 3.0.0.2 and other products, uses incorrect ACLs for ZooKeeper coordination state, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage), obtain sensitive information, or modify data via unspecified client traffic.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache HBase: 0.98.0, 0.98.1, 0.98.2, 0.98.3, 0.98.4, 0.98.5 (+9)
IBM BigInsights: 3.0.0.0, 3.0.0.1, 3.0.0.2

References

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201505.mbox/%3CCA+RK=_CFiTfQ2d0V+kuJx_y5izmYccaKjXaJ3V72KK7tbOhbkg%40mail.gmail.com%3E
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21969546
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034365
https://www.cloudera.com/documentation/other/security-bulletins/topics/csb_topic_1.html
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201505.mbox/%3CCA+RK=_CFiTfQ2d0V+kuJx_y5izmYccaKjXaJ3V72KK7tbOhbkg%40mail.gmail.com%3E
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21969546
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034365
https://www.cloudera.com/documentation/other/security-bulletins/topics/csb_topic_1.html

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