CVE-2017-5636 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

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.

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.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 9.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Apache Software Foundation NiFi

First reported 7 years ago

2017-10-19 20:29:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-11-07 13:52:00

Affected Software

Apache Software Foundation NiFi 0.7.0

0.7.0

Apache Software Foundation NiFi 0.7.1

0.7.1

Apache Software Foundation NiFi 1.1.0

1.1.0

Apache Software Foundation NiFi 1.1.1

1.1.1

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