CVE-2016-6811

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

In Apache Hadoop 2.x before 2.7.4, a user who can escalate to yarn user can possibly run arbitrary commands as root user.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Apr 11, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-6811: High severity, CVSS 8.8 | Vulnix