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CVE-2014-3627

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access in Apache Hadoop

5.0 MediumFix available

The YARN NodeManager daemon in Apache Hadoop 0.23.0 through 0.23.11 and 2.x before 2.5.2, when using Kerberos authentication, allows remote cluster users to change the permissions of certain files to world-readable via a symlink attack in a public tar archive, which is not properly handled during localization, related to distributed cache.

Exploit likelihood

3.00%Up 2.0 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used5.0

The YARN NodeManager daemon in Apache Hadoop 0.23.0 through 0.23.11 and 2.x before 2.5.2, when using Kerberos authentication, allows remote cluster users to change the permissions of certain files to world-readable via a symlink attack in a public tar archive, which is not properly handled during localization, related to distributed cache.

Record
CVE-2014-3627
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

The YARN NodeManager daemon in Apache Hadoop 0.23.0 through 0.23.11 and 2.x before 2.5.2, when using Kerberos authentication, allows remote cluster users to change the permissions of certain files to world-readable via a symlink attack in a public tar archive, which is not properly handled during localization, related to distributed cache.

Record
CVE-2014-3627
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-4410No score

The YARN NodeManager daemon in Apache Hadoop 0.23.0 through 0.23.11 and 2.x before 2.5.2, when using Kerberos authentication, allows remote cluster users to change the permissions of certain files to world-readable via a symlink attack in a public tar archive, which is not properly handled during localization, related to distributed cache.

Record
EUVD-2022-4410
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jpmf-8cj2-595gNo score

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access in Apache Hadoop

The YARN NodeManager daemon in Apache Hadoop 0.23.0 through 0.23.11 and 2.x before 2.5.2, when using Kerberos authentication, allows remote cluster users to change the permissions of certain files to world-readable via a symlink attack in a public tar archive, which is not properly handled during localization, related to distributed cache.

Record
GHSA-jpmf-8cj2-595g
Weakness
CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-jpmf-8cj2-595gNo score

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access in Apache Hadoop

The YARN NodeManager daemon in Apache Hadoop 0.23.0 through 0.23.11 and 2.x before 2.5.2, when using Kerberos authentication, allows remote cluster users to change the permissions of certain files to world-readable via a symlink attack in a public tar archive, which is not properly handled during localization, related to distributed cache.

Record
GHSA-jpmf-8cj2-595g
Weakness
CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-client
Maven
0.23.0 up to 1.0.1
1.0.1
org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-client
Maven
2.0.0 up to 2.5.2
2.5.2
org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-client
Maven
0.23.0 up to 1.0.1, plus listed versions
0.23.10.23.100.23.110.23.30.23.4
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0.23.50.23.60.23.70.23.80.23.9
1.0.1
org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-client
Maven
2.0.0 up to 2.5.2, plus listed versions
2.0.1-alpha2.0.2-alpha2.0.3-alpha2.0.4-alpha2.0.5-alpha
Show 9 moreShow less
2.0.6-alpha2.1.0-beta2.1.1-beta2.2.02.3.02.4.02.4.12.5.02.5.1
2.5.2

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In short

CVE-2014-3627 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Apache Hadoop, published December 5, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.00%, the 87th percentile. Fixed in org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-client 1.0.1.

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