Vulnerability Intelligence Report
CVE-2020-9480
In Apache Spark 2.4.5 and earlier, a standalone resource manager's master may be configured to require authentication (spark.authenticate) via a shared secret. When enabled, however, a specially-crafted RPC to the master can succeed in starting an application's resources on the Spark cluster, even without the shared key. This can be leveraged to execute shell commands on the host machine. This does not affect Spark clusters using other resource managers (YARN, Mesos, etc).
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CVSS Base Score
9.8
CRITICAL
EPSS Probability:29.16%
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
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| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Spark | Apache Spark 2.4.5 and earlier (affected) |
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Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | Apache Software Foundation · Vendor · USA |
| Reserved | 2020-03-01T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2020-06-23T21:50:51 |
| Last Updated | 2024-08-04T10:26:16 |
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