CVE-2018-8042: Apache Ambari

High severity, CVSS 8.1. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Apache Ambari, version 2.5.0 to 2.6.2, passwords for Hadoop credential stores are exposed in Ambari Agent informational log messages when the credential store feature is enabled for eligible services. For example, Hive and Oozie.

Affected products

• Apache Ambari: from 2.5.0, up to and including 2.6.2

Published 2018-07-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.