VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-12612

CVSS score7.8 HIGH

EPSS probability0.73%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2017-09-13

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In Apache Spark 1.6.0 until 2.1.1, the launcher API performs unsafe deserialization of data received by its socket. This makes applications launched programmatically using the launcher API potentially vulnerable to arbitrary code execution by an attacker with access to any user account on the local machine. It does not affect apps run by spark-submit or spark-shell. The attacker would be able to execute code as the user that ran the Spark application. Users are encouraged to update to version 2.2.0 or later.

Weakness classification

CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Primary references

security@apache.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@apache.org — Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Vendor Advisory