CVE-2018-11770

From version 1.3.0 onward, Apache Spark's standalone master exposes a REST API for job submission, in addition to the submission mechanism used by spark-submit. In standalone, the config property 'spark.authenticate.secret' establishes a shared secret for authenticating requests to submit jobs via spark-submit. However, the REST API does not use this or any other authentication mechanism, and this is not adequately documented. In this case, a user would be able to run a driver program without authenticating, but not launch executors, using the REST API. This REST API is also used by Mesos, when set up to run in cluster mode (i.e., when also running MesosClusterDispatcher), for job submission. Future versions of Spark will improve documentation on these points, and prohibit setting 'spark.authenticate.secret' when running the REST APIs, to make this clear. Future versions will also disable the REST API by default in the standalone master by changing the default value of 'spark.master.rest.enabled' to 'false'.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:apache:spark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

10 Feb 2023, 02:59

Type Values Removed Values Added
References (BID) http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105097 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (BID) http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105097 - Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References (MISC) https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/bd8e51314041451a2acd720e9223fc1c15a263ccacb396a75b1fc485%40%3Cdev.spark.apache.org%3E - (MISC) https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/bd8e51314041451a2acd720e9223fc1c15a263ccacb396a75b1fc485%40%3Cdev.spark.apache.org%3E - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

22 Nov 2022, 11:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • {'url': 'https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/bd8e51314041451a2acd720e9223fc1c15a263ccacb396a75b1fc485@%3Cdev.spark.apache.org%3E', 'name': '[dev] 20180813 CVE-2018-11770: Apache Spark standalone master, Mesos REST APIs not controlled by authentication', 'tags': ['Vendor Advisory'], 'refsource': 'MLIST'}
  • (MISC) https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/bd8e51314041451a2acd720e9223fc1c15a263ccacb396a75b1fc485%40%3Cdev.spark.apache.org%3E -

Information

Published : 2018-08-13 16:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:44


NVD link : CVE-2018-11770

Mitre link : CVE-2018-11770

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-11770


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Products Affected

apache

  • spark
CWE
CWE-287

Improper Authentication