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SCA: security update for org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-yarn-project (GHSA-94jh-j374-9r3j)
high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 413023
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- Relative library resolution in linux container-executor binary in Apache Hadoop 3.3.1-3.3.4 on Linux
allows local user to gain root privileges. If the YARN cluster is accepting work from remote
(authenticated) users, this MAY permit remote users to gain root privileges. Hadoop 3.3.0 updated the "
YARN Secure Containers https://hadoop.apache.org/docs/stable/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-
site/SecureContainer.html " to add a feature for executing user-submitted applications in isolated linux
containers. The native binary HADOOP_HOME/bin/container-executor is used to launch these containers; it
must be owned by root and have the suid bit set in order for the YARN processes to run the containers as
the specific users submitting the jobs. The patch " YARN-10495
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/YARN-10495 . make the rpath of container-executor configurable"
modified the library loading path for loading .so files from "$ORIGIN/" to ""$ORIGIN/:../lib/native/".
This is the a path through which libcrypto.so is located. Thus it is is possible for a user with reduced
privileges to install a malicious libcrypto library into a path to which they have write access, invoke
the container-executor command, and have their modified library executed as root. If the YARN cluster is
accepting work from remote (authenticated) users, and these users' submitted job are executed in the
physical host, rather than a container, then the CVE permits remote users to gain root privileges. The fix
for the vulnerability is to revert the change, which is done in YARN-11441
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/YARN-11441 , "Revert YARN-10495". This patch is in hadoop-3.3.5. To
determine whether a version of container-executor is vulnerable, use the readelf command. If the RUNPATH
or RPATH value contains the relative path "./lib/native/" then it is at risk $ readelf -d container-
executor|grep 'RUNPATH\|RPATH' 0x000000000000001d (RUNPATH) Library runpath: [$ORIGIN/:../lib/native/] If
it does not, then it is safe: $ readelf -d container-executor|grep 'RUNPATH\|RPATH' 0x000000000000001d
(RUNPATH) Library runpath: [$ORIGIN/] For an at-risk version of container-executor to enable privilege
escalation, the owner must be root and the suid bit must be set $ ls -laF /opt/hadoop/bin/container-
executor ---Sr-s---. 1 root hadoop 802968 May 9 20:21 /opt/hadoop/bin/container-executor A safe
installation lacks the suid bit; ideally is also not owned by root. $ ls -laF /opt/hadoop/bin/container-
executor -rwxr-xr-x. 1 yarn hadoop 802968 May 9 20:21 /opt/hadoop/bin/container-executor This
configuration does not support Yarn Secure Containers, but all other hadoop services, including YARN job
execution outside secure containers continue to work. (CVE-2023-26031)
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 413023
Version: Revision 1.9
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 1/23/2025
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.6
Percentile: 98.54
Vendor
Vendor Severity: High
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.1
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-26031
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.7
Threat Score: 5.2
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/16/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/16/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-26031
cwe: CWE-426