CVE-2015-1836: Apache Hbase

High severity, CVSS 7.3. EPSS: 7.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Apache HBase 0.98 before 0.98.12.1, 1.0 before 1.0.1.1, and 1.1 before 1.1.0.1, as used in IBM InfoSphere BigInsights 3.0, 3.0.0.1, and 3.0.0.2 and other products, uses incorrect ACLs for ZooKeeper coordination state, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage), obtain sensitive information, or modify data via unspecified client traffic.

Affected products

• Apache Hbase: version 0.98.0 only; version 0.98.1 only; version 0.98.2 only; version 0.98.3 only; version 0.98.4 only; version 0.98.5 only; …
• IBM InfoSphere BigInsights: version 3.0.0.0 only; version 3.0.0.1 only; version 3.0.0.2 only

Published 2015-12-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.