High severity · published May 21, 2018
CVE-2018-8012
No authentication/authorization is enforced when a server attempts to join a quorum in Apache ZooKeeper before 3.4.10, and 3.5.0-alpha through 3.5.3-beta
7.5
CVSS
8.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
No authentication/authorization is enforced when a server attempts to join a quorum in Apache ZooKeeper before 3.4.10, and 3.5.0-alpha through 3.5.3-beta. As a result an arbitrary end point could join the cluster and begin propagating counterfeit changes to the leader.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)8.5% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
GS
Goldengate Stream Analytics · Oracle
before 19.1.0.0.1 · source: NVD
ZO
Zookeeper · Apache
before 3.4.10; 3.5.0 through 3.5.3; 3.5.0; 3.5.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8012
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8012
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104253
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040948
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/053d9ce4d579b02203db18545fee5e33f35f2932885459b74d1e4272%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/bcce5a9c532b386c68dab2f6b3ce8b0cc9b950ec551766e76391caa3%40%3Ccommits.nifi.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c75147028c1c79bdebd4f8fa5db2b77da85de2b05ecc0d54d708b393%40%3Cdev.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r73daf1fc5d85677d9a854707e1908d14e174b7bbb0c603709c0ab33f%40%3Coak-commits.jackrabbit.apache.org%3E
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