Apache Oozie lets authenticated users reconfigure other tenants' workflow jobs
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
All versions of Apache Oozie are affected by an improper input validation flaw (CWE-20). An authenticated user with low privileges on the network can reconfigure another tenant's workflow job and change its ownership. The flaw affects only products that the maintainer no longer supports.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** Improper input validation vulnerability in Apache Oozie. An authenticated Oozie user can reconfigure another tenant's workflow job and change its ownership. This issue affects Apache Oozie: all versions. As this project is retired, we do not plan to release a version that fixes this issue. Users are recommended to find an alternative or restrict access to the instance to trusted users. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Apache Oozie. The sources recommend finding an alternative or restricting access to the instance to trusted users.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Timeline
- 2026-11-03 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-119641
- 2026-11-03 Alias added: GHSA-f89p-cqv9-7c2r
- 2026-11-06 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-119641 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-119641 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f89p-cqv9-7c2r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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