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SCA: security update for org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-main (GHSA-c6f9-4pmv-m7m6)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434908

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - The Kerberos/MapReduce security functionality in Apache Hadoop 0.20.203.0 through 0.20.205.0, 0.23.x
 before 0.23.2, and 1.0.x before 1.0.2, as used in Cloudera CDH CDH3u0 through CDH3u2, Cloudera
 hadoop-0.20-sbin before 0.20.2+923.197, and other products, allows remote authenticated users to
 impersonate arbitrary cluster user accounts via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2012-1574)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c6f9-4pmv-m7m6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 434908

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/20/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.22

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-1574

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1574

BID: 52939

cwe: CWE-287