What is CVE-2014-0229?

CVE-2014-0229 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Hadoop, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-03-23.

How severe is CVE-2014-0229?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2014-0229 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Apache Hadoop

CVE-2014-0229

Apache Hadoop 0.23.x before 0.23.11 and 2.x before 2.4.1, as used in Cloudera CDH 5.0.x before 5.0.2, do not check authorization for the (1) refreshNamenodes, (2) deleteBlockPool, and (3) shutdownDatanode HDFS admin commands, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (DataNodes shutdown) or perform unnecessary operations by issuing a command.

Published 2017-03-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Hadoop — versions 0.23.0, 0.23.1, 0.23.3
Cloudera Cdh — versions 5.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

Public proof-of-concept exploits

andir/nixos-issue-db-example

References

www.cloudera.com/documentation/other/security-bulletins/topics/csb_topic_1.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-0229?: CVE-2014-0229 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Hadoop, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-03-23.
How severe is CVE-2014-0229?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2014-0229 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.