Apache Ambari vulnerabilities

26 CVEs affecting Apache Ambari, 0 known to be exploited (CISA KEV), with EPSS scores. Latest: CVE-2025-23196, published 2025-01-21.

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CVE-2018-8003, published 2018-05-03. Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 4.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Apache Ambari, versions 1.4.0 to 2.6.1, is susceptible to a directory traversal attack allowing an unauthenticated user to craft an HTTP request which provides read-only access to any file on the…
CVE-2015-5210, published 2015-11-02. Medium severity, CVSS 5.8. EPSS: 4.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Open redirect vulnerability in Apache Ambari before 2.1.2 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the targetURI parameter.
CVE-2020-13924, published 2021-03-17. High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. In Apache Ambari versions 2.6.2.2 and earlier, malicious users can construct file names for directory traversal and traverse to other directories to download files.
CVE-2015-1775, published 2015-11-02. Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the proxy endpoint (api/v1/proxy) in Apache Ambari before 2.1.0 allows remote authenticated users to conduct port scans and access unsecured…
CVE-2020-1936, published 2021-03-02. Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 2.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. A cross-site scripting issue was found in Apache Ambari Views. This was addressed in Apache Ambari 2.7.4.
CVE-2015-4928, published 2015-11-08. Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Apache Ambari before 2.1, as used in IBM Infosphere BigInsights 4.x before 4.1, includes cleartext passwords on a Configs screen, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive…
CVE-2015-3270, published 2015-11-02. Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Apache Ambari before 2.0.2 or 2.1.x before 2.1.1 allows remote authenticated users to gain administrative privileges via unspecified vectors, possibly related to changing passwords.
CVE-2016-0731, published 2016-05-18. Medium severity, CVSS 4.9. EPSS: 2.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. The File Browser View in Apache Ambari before 2.2.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a file: URL in the WebHDFS URL configuration.
CVE-2016-6807, published 2017-03-28. Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Custom commands may be executed on Ambari Agent (2.4.x, before 2.4.2) hosts without authorization, leading to unauthorized access to operations that may affect the underlying system. Such operations…
CVE-2015-3186, published 2015-11-02. Low severity, CVSS 3.5. EPSS: 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Ambari before 2.1.0 allows remote authenticated cluster operator users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the note field in a configuration…

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CVE-2025-23196, published 2025-01-21. High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. A code injection vulnerability exists in the Ambari Alert Definition feature, allowing authenticated users to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands. The vulnerability arises when defining…
CVE-2025-23195, published 2025-01-21. High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability exists in the Ambari/Oozie project, allowing an attacker to inject malicious XML entities. This vulnerability occurs due to insecure parsing of XML input…
CVE-2024-51941, published 2025-01-21. High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. A remote code injection vulnerability exists in the Ambari Metrics and AMS Alerts feature, allowing authenticated users to inject and execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability occurs when…
CVE-2023-50378, published 2024-03-01. Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Lack of proper input validation and constraint enforcement in Apache Ambari prior to 2.7.8 Impact : As it will be stored XSS, Could be exploited to perform unauthorized actions, varying from data…
CVE-2023-50380, published 2024-02-27. Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. XML External Entity injection in apache ambari versions <= 2.7.7, Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.7.8, which fixes this issue. More Details: Oozie Workflow Scheduler had a…
CVE-2023-50379, published 2024-02-27. High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Malicious code injection in Apache Ambari in prior to 2.7.8. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.7.8, which fixes this issue. Impact: A Cluster Operator can manipulate the request by…
CVE-2022-45855, published 2023-07-12. High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. SpringEL injection in the metrics source in Apache Ambari version 2.7.0 to 2.7.6 allows a malicious authenticated user to execute arbitrary code remotely. Users are recommended to upgrade to 2.7.7.
CVE-2022-42009, published 2023-07-12. High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. SpringEL injection in the server agent in Apache Ambari version 2.7.0 to 2.7.6 allows a malicious authenticated user to execute arbitrary code remotely. Users are recommended to upgrade to 2.7.7.