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CVE-2018-15804

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-08-23 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

An issue was discovered in the MapR File System in MapR Converged Data Platform and MapR-XD 6.x and earlier. Under certain conditions, it is possible for MapR ticket credentials to become compromised, allowing a user to escalate their privileges to act as (aka impersonate) any other user, including cluster administrators, aka bug# 31935. This affects all users who have enabled security on the MapR platform and is fixed in mapr-patch-5.2.1.42646.GA-20180731093831, mapr-patch-5.2.2.44680.GA-20180802011430, mapr-patch-6.0.0.20171109191718.GA-20180802011420, and mapr-patch-6.0.1.20180404222005.GA-20180806214919.

Affected products

• MapR-MFS/CLDB: before 6.0.1 — fixed in 6.0.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: MapR-MFS/CLDB 6.0.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://mapr.com/support/s/article/MapR-Ticket-Credentials-can-become-compromised
• https://mapr.com/support/s/article/MapR-Ticket-Credentials-can-become-compromised

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