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CVE-2016-4976

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-03-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Apache Ambari 2.x before 2.4.0 includes KDC administrator passwords on the kadmin command line, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a process listing.

Affected products

• Apache Software Foundation Apache Ambari: 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.2 (+3)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97229
• https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AMBARI/Ambari+Vulnerabilities#AmbariVulnerabilities-FixedinAmbari2.4.0
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97229
• https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AMBARI/Ambari+Vulnerabilities#AmbariVulnerabilities-FixedinAmbari2.4.0

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