CVE-2022-33891

HIGH(8.8)KEVLikely Exploited

Apache Spark Command Injection Vulnerability

Description

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 affects Apache Spark versions 3.0.3 and earlier, versions 3.1.1 to 3.1.2, and versions 3.2.0 to 3.2.1.

KEV Information

Vendor
Apache
Product
Spark
Date Added
March 7, 2023
Due Date
March 28, 2023
Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CVSS Score

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HOpen in Calculator
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9

CWEs

Affected Products

VendorProductVersion
apachespark<= 3.0.3; >= 3.1.1, <= 3.1.2; >= 3.2.0, <= 3.2.1

Multiple CVSS Assessments

Source: [email protected](Primary)
8.8
HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0(Secondary)
8.8
HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

CVSS Score

8.8
HIGH(8.8)

EPSS Score

EPSS Score92.98%
EPSS Percentile99.8%

Dates

PublishedJuly 18, 2022
Last ModifiedJune 17, 2026
StatusAnalyzed
CVSS Versionv3.1

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