CVE-2026-119641 (GCVE-0-2026-119641)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-11-03 09:41 – Updated: 2026-11-03 10:07 Unsupported When Assigned
VLAI
Title
Apache Oozie: workflow rerun bypasses the per-job ACL and reassigns ownership
Summary
** 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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Assigner
apache CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 76/100 over 1097 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache Oozie Affected: 0 , < * (semver)
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Credits
Hari (Harikrishna KP)
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