CVE-2018-11804
HIGH7.5EPSS 0.65%Improper Input Validation in Apache Spark
Published: 5/14/2022Modified: 12/11/2025
Description
Spark's Apache Maven-based build includes a convenience script, 'build/mvn', that downloads and runs a zinc server to speed up compilation. It has been included in release branches since 1.3.x, up to and including master. This server will accept connections from external hosts by default. A specially-crafted request to the zinc server could cause it to reveal information in files readable to the developer account running the build. **Note that this issue does not affect end users of Spark, only developers building Spark from source code.**
Affected packages (2)
- Maven/org.apache.spark:spark-core_2.10>= 1.3.0, <= 2.1.3
- Maven/org.apache.spark:spark-core_2.11>= 1.3.0, <= 2.1.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
References (6)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11804
- PATCHhttps://github.com/apache/spark
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2b11aa4201e36f2ec8f728e722fe33758410f07784379cbefd0bda9d@%3Cdev.spark.apache.org%3E
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2b11aa4201e36f2ec8f728e722fe33758410f07784379cbefd0bda9d%40%3Cdev.spark.apache.org%3E
- WEBhttps://spark.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2018-11804
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20200227103903/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105756