CVE-2017-15718
Exposure of Sensitive Information in Hadoop
The YARN NodeManager in Apache Hadoop 2.7.3 and 2.7.4 can leak the password for credential store provider used by the NodeManager to YARN Applications.
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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The YARN NodeManager in Apache Hadoop 2.7.3 and 2.7.4 can leak the password for credential store provider used by the NodeManager to YARN Applications.
- Record
CVE-2017-15718- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The YARN NodeManager in Apache Hadoop 2.7.3 and 2.7.4 can leak the password for credential store provider used by the NodeManager to YARN Applications.
- Record
CVE-2017-15718- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-0816 No score
The YARN NodeManager in Apache Hadoop 2.7.3 and 2.7.4 can leak the password for credential store provider used by the NodeManager to YARN Applications.
- Record
EUVD-2018-0816- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mq8p-h798-xcrp
Exposure of Sensitive Information in Hadoop
The YARN NodeManager in Apache Hadoop 2.7.3 and 2.7.4 can leak the password for credential store provider used by the NodeManager to YARN Applications.
- Record
GHSA-mq8p-h798-xcrp- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
The YARN NodeManager in Apache Hadoop 2.7.3 and 2.7.4 can leak the password for credential store provider used by the NodeManager to YARN Applications.
- Record
CVE-2017-15718- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-mq8p-h798-xcrp
Exposure of Sensitive Information in Hadoop
The YARN NodeManager in Apache Hadoop 2.7.3 and 2.7.4 can leak the password for credential store provider used by the NodeManager to YARN Applications.
- Record
GHSA-mq8p-h798-xcrp- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-mainMaven |
2.7.3 to 2.7.4 | 2.7.5 |
org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-mainMaven |
2.7.3 up to 2.7.5, plus listed versions 2.7.4 |
2.7.5 |
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-2017-15718 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Apache Hadoop, published January 24, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.57%, the 89th percentile. Fixed in org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-main 2.7.5.
References
lists.apache.org/thread.html/773c93c2d8a6a52bbe97610c2b1c2ad205b970e1b8c04fb5b2fccad6%40%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15718
github.com/advisories/GHSA-mq8p-h798-xcrp