CVE-2018-11799

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-12-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Vulnerability allows a user of Apache Oozie 3.1.3-incubating to 5.0.0 to impersonate other users. The malicious user can construct an XML that results workflows running in other user's name.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Oozie: from 3.1.3 before 5.1.0; 3.1.3-incubating — fixed in 5.1.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache Oozie 5.1.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106266
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/347e7a8cb86014b7ca37e49eb00b8d088203bdc0bcfb4799f8e5955a%40%3Cuser.oozie.apache.org%3E
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106266
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/347e7a8cb86014b7ca37e49eb00b8d088203bdc0bcfb4799f8e5955a%40%3Cuser.oozie.apache.org%3E

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