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CVE-2023-32007

Apache Spark: Shell command injection via Spark UI

Published: May 2, 2023Updated: Feb 13, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-77
NVD MITRE
8.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
75.8%
Top 0.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** The Apache Spark UI offers the possibility to enable ACLs via the configuration option spark.acls.enable. With an authentication filter, this checks whether a user has access permissions to view or modify the application. If ACLs are enabled, a code path in HttpSecurityFilter can allow someone to perform impersonation by providing an arbitrary user name. A malicious user might then be able to reach a permission check function that will ultimately build a Unix shell command based on their input, and execute it. This will result in arbitrary shell command execution as the user Spark is currently running as. This issue was disclosed earlier as CVE-2022-33891, but incorrectly claimed version 3.1.3 (which has since gone EOL) would not be affected. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. Users are recommended to upgrade to a supported version of Apache Spark, such as version 3.4.0.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-77

Affected Products

sparkapache
LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Apache SparkApache Software Foundation
Mixed
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
org.apache.spark:spark-parent_2.12MavenOSS Libraries
pysparkPyPIOSS Libraries
apacheoss-projectUSWeb & CMS Pluginsaka apache http server, apache httpd
apache software foundationoss-projectUSWeb & CMS Pluginsaka apache foundation
mavenpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
pypipackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/02/1
openwall.com
https://lists.apache.org/thread/poxgnxhhnzz735kr1wos366l5vdbb0nv
lists.apache.org
https://spark.apache.org/security.html
spark.apache.org
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Timeline

Published
May 2, 2023
Last Updated
Feb 13, 2025

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