Medium

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Apache Spark via crafted URL

  • Disclosed: 14.03.2019
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 13:19

In Apache Spark 2.1.0 to 2.1.2, 2.2.0 to 2.2.1, and 2.3.0, it's possible for a malicious user to construct a URL pointing to a Spark cluster's UI's job and stage info pages, and if a user can be tricked into accessing the URL, can be used to cause script to execute and expose information from the user's view of the Spark UI. While some browsers like recent versions of Chrome and Safari are able to block this type of attack, current versions of Firefox (and possibly others) do not.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.apache.spark:spark-core_2.10 >= 2.1.0, < 2.1.3, >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.2 2.1.3, 2.2.2
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.apache.spark:spark-core_2.11 >= 2.1.0, < 2.1.3, >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.2, >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.1 2.1.3, 2.2.2, 2.3.1

References

CVSS score 5.4/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-200
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.apache.spark:spark-core_2.10, org.apache.spark:spark-core_2.11
Disclosed
14.03.2019
Updated
11.10.2026 13:19

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-8cw6-5qvp-q3wj - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.apache.spark:spark-core_2.10

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (9) in the archive
Total entries
9
First → latest
09.2017 03.2026
Without a fix
5
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 1
  • High 3
  • Medium 5

Disclosures per year

  1. 2017: 1
  2. 2018: 4
  3. 2019: 1
  4. 2020: 0
  5. 2021: 0
  6. 2022: 2
  7. 2023: 0
  8. 2024: 0
  9. 2025: 0
  10. 2026: 1
Severity:
  1. High · 8.8 CVE-2025-54920 <= 2.2.3 no fix
  2. High · 7.5 CVE-2018-11804 >= 1.3.0, <= 2.1.3 no fix
  3. Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Apache Spark via crafted URL this entry
    Medium · 5.4 CVE-2018-8024 >= 2.1.0, < 2.1.3, >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.2 2.1.3, 2.2.2
  4. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2018-17190 all versions no fix
  5. High · 7.8 CVE-2017-12612 < 2.1.2 2.1.2

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