Read the docs
TI-2017-11358 Aliases CVE-2017-15536GHSA-6gh6-8c4x-5346

An issue was discovered in Cloudera Data Science Workbench (CDSW) 1.x before 1.2.0.

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-269Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.

Summary

An issue was discovered in Cloudera Data Science Workbench (CDSW) 1.x before 1.2.0. Several web application vulnerabilities allow malicious authenticated users of CDSW to escalate privileges in CDSW. CDSW users can exploit these vulnerabilities in combination to gain root access to CDSW nodes, gain access to the CDSW database which includes Kerberos keytabs of CDSW users and bcrypt hashed passwords, and gain access to other privileged information such as session tokens, invitation tokens, and environment variables.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00918 60th 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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cloudera:data_science_workbench:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.0 to before 1.2.0VulnerableCloudera
  • cpe:2.3:a:cloudera:data_science_workbench:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.0 to before 1.2.0 Vulnerable ·Cloudera

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-15536
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6gh6-8c4x-5346

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2018-07979 Remote code execution is possible in Cloudera Data Science Workbench version 1.3.0 and… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-14236 An SQL injection vulnerability was found in Cloudera Data Science Workbench (CDSW) 1.4.0… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2018-14235 An issue was discovered in Cloudera Data Science Workbench (CDSW) 1.4.0 through 1.4.2. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
  • TI-2018-11160 An issue was discovered in Cloudera Data Science Workbench (CDSW) 1.2.x through 1.4.0. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.3

Sources

This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Sources and licences