CVE-2022-33891

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.

Severity scores

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• 8.8CVSS 3.1, Highfrom CISA (ADP container)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What to do

• Upgrade to supported Apache Spark maintenance release 3.1.3, 3.2.2, or 3.3.0 or laterCNA workaround statement
• Apply updates per vendor instructions.CISA KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

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No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

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Affected products

Timeline

1. 18 Jul 2022 Published
2. 7 Mar 2023 CVE-2022-33891 added to CISA KEV
3. 7 Mar 2023 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue

Weakness

• CWE-78

References

• lists.apache.org
• packetstormsecurity.com
• [oss-security] 20230502 CVE-2023-32007: Apache Spark: Shell command injection via Spark UImailing-list