CVE-2017-5636

Critical

Description

In Apache NiFi before 0.7.2 and 1.x before 1.1.2 in a cluster environment, the proxy chain serialization/deserialization is vulnerable to an injection attack where a carefully crafted username could impersonate another user and gain their permissions on a replicated request to another node.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductApache Nifi
PublishedOct 19, 2017
First seenOct 19, 2017

How to fix

Update
  • org.apache.nifi:nifi0.7.2, 1.1.2 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
apache nifi0.7.0, 0.7.1, 1.1.0, 1.1.1—
org.apache.nifi:nifiMavenv < 0.7.2, 1.0.0 ≤ v < 1.1.20.7.2, 1.1.2

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