TI-2018-14236 Aliases CVE-2018-20091 GHSA-rm2v-wh2x-rj6w

An SQL injection vulnerability was found in Cloudera Data Science Workbench (CDSW) 1.4.0…

MEDIUM 44CWE-89Published 2019-06-07 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: SQL injection
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-89.

Summary

An SQL injection vulnerability was found in Cloudera Data Science Workbench (CDSW) 1.4.0 through 1.4.2. This would allow any authenticated user to run arbitrary queries against CDSW's internal database. The database contains user contact information, encrypted CDSW passwords (in the case of local authentication), API keys, and stored Kerberos keytabs.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0099 62nd 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

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:cloudera:data_science_workbench::::::::	1.4.0 – 1.4.2	Vulnerable	Cloudera

cpe:2.3:a:cloudera:data_science_workbench:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.0 – 1.4.2 Vulnerable ·Cloudera

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-20091
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rm2v-wh2x-rj6w

References

Patch 1

https://www.cloudera.com/documentation/other/security-bulletins/topics/Security-Bulletin.html

Advisory 1

https://www.cloudera.com/products/data-science-and-engineering/data-science-workbench.html

TI-2018-07979 Remote code execution is possible in Cloudera Data Science Workbench version 1.3.0 and… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2017-11358 An issue was discovered in Cloudera Data Science Workbench (CDSW) 1.x before 1.2.0. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
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

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