CVE-2017-5636 (GCVE-0-2017-5636)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-19 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 15:04
VLAI
Summary
In Apache NiFi before 0.7.2 and 1.x before 1.1.2 in a cluster environment, the proxy chain serialization/deserialization is vulnerable to an injection attack where a carefully crafted username could impersonate another user and gain their permissions on a replicated request to another node.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Escalation of Privilege
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache NiFi Affected: 0.7.0
Affected: 0.7.1
Affected: 1.1.0
Affected: 1.1.1
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Date Public
2017-02-20 00:00
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