{"id":"CVE-2018-11760","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-11760","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:27:10.252Z","title":"When using PySpark , it's possible for a different local user to connect to the Spark application and impersonate the user running the Spark application.","description":"When using PySpark , it's possible for a different local user to connect to the Spark application and impersonate the user running the Spark application. This affects versions 1.x, 2.0.x, 2.1.x, 2.2.0 to 2.2.2, and 2.3.0 to 2.3.1.","published":"2019-02-04T17:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:36:32.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@apache.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["apache/spark"],"epss":{"score":0.00605,"percentile":0.48739,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.60%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106786","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6d015e56b3a3da968f86e0b6acc69f17ecc16b499389e12d8255bf6e%40%3Ccommits.spark.apache.org%3E","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a86ee93d07b6f61b82b61a28049aed311f5cc9420d26cc95f1a9de7b%40%3Cuser.spark.apache.org%3E","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106786","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6d015e56b3a3da968f86e0b6acc69f17ecc16b499389e12d8255bf6e%40%3Ccommits.spark.apache.org%3E","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a86ee93d07b6f61b82b61a28049aed311f5cc9420d26cc95f1a9de7b%40%3Cuser.spark.apache.org%3E","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11760","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}