In Apache Hadoop 2.2.0 to 2.10.1, 3.0.0-alpha1 to 3.1.4, 3.2.0 to 3.2.2, and 3.3.0 to 3.3.1, a user who can escalate to yarn user can possibly run arbitrary commands as root user. Users should upgrade to Apache Hadoop 2.10.2, 3.2.3, 3.3.2 or higher.

Affected Packages

Maven org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-yarn-server-common

Affected versions: 2.2.0 (fixed in 2.10.2)

Maven org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-yarn-server-common

Affected versions: 3.0.0 (fixed in 3.2.3)

Maven org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-yarn-server-common

Affected versions: 3.3.0 (fixed in 3.3.2)

Related CVEs

CVE-2021-33036

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-58jx-f5rf-qgqf

Published

June 16, 2022 12:00 AM

Last Modified

June 24, 2022 7:54 PM

CVSS Score

7.5 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Maven

Primary Package

org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-yarn-server-common

GitHub Reviewed

✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: July 28, 2025 6:37 AM

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