CVE-2016-4947
Cloudera HUE Account Enumeration
Cloudera HUE 3.9.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to enumerate user accounts via a request to desktop/api/users/autocomplete.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Cloudera HUE 3.9.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to enumerate user accounts via a request to desktop/api/users/autocomplete.
- Record
CVE-2016-4947- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Cloudera HUE 3.9.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to enumerate user accounts via a request to desktop/api/users/autocomplete.
- Record
CVE-2016-4947- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-5250 No score
Cloudera HUE 3.9.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to enumerate user accounts via a request to desktop/api/users/autocomplete.
- Record
EUVD-2022-5250- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rxfp-8jmr-xc95
Cloudera HUE Account Enumeration
Cloudera HUE 3.9.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to enumerate user accounts via a request to desktop/api/users/autocomplete.
- Record
GHSA-rxfp-8jmr-xc95- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Cloudera HUE 3.9.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to enumerate user accounts via a request to desktop/api/users/autocomplete.
- Record
CVE-2016-4947- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-rxfp-8jmr-xc95
Cloudera HUE Account Enumeration
Cloudera HUE 3.9.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to enumerate user accounts via a request to desktop/api/users/autocomplete.
- Record
GHSA-rxfp-8jmr-xc95- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
gethuenpm |
through 3.9.0 | None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-4947 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Cloudera Hue, published March 7, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.28%, the 70th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
2016.hack.lu/archive/2016/Wavestone%20-%20Hack.lu%202016%20-%20Hadoop%20safari%20-%20Hunting%20for%20vulnerabilities%20-%20v1.0.pdf
securityfocus.com/bid/93880
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4947
web.archive.org/web/20210123183622/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93880
github.com/advisories/GHSA-rxfp-8jmr-xc95