Cloudera CDH before 5.6.1 allows authorization bypass via direct internal API calls.
Priority LOW 30CWE-863Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.
Summary
Cloudera CDH before 5.6.1 allows authorization bypass via direct internal API calls.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00667 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-3131
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2424-v4cf-7rr6
References
More Cloudera Cdh vulnerabilities
- TI-2016-03937 In Cloudera CDH before 5.7.1, Impala REVOKE ALL ON SERVER commands do not revoke all privileges. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2015-06506 In Cloudera Hue, there is privilege escalation by a read-only user when CDH 5.x brefore 5.4.9 is used. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2019-05206 An issue was discovered in Cloudera Hue 6.0.0 through 6.1.0. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
- TI-2016-05655 Impala in CDH 5.2.0 through 5.7.2 and 5.8.0 allows remote attackers to bypass Setry authorization. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2016-04968 Cloudera CDH before 5.9 has Potentially Sensitive Information in Diagnostic Support Bundles. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2017-06754 The provided secure solrconfig.xml sample configuration does not enforce Sentry authorization on /update/json/docs. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2016-3131 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-3131 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2424-v4cf-7rr6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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