What is CVE-2018-17860?

CVE-2018-17860 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cloudera Cdh, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2019-11-26.

How severe is CVE-2018-17860?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cloudera Cdh

CVE-2018-17860

Cloudera CDH has Insecure Permissions because ALL cannot be revoked.This affects 5.x through 5.15.1 and 6.x through 6.0.1.

Published 2019-11-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (59.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cloudera Cdh — versions 5.15.0, 5.15.1, 6.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions

References

www.cloudera.com/documentation/other/security-bulletins/topics/Security-Bulleti… (Vendor Advisory)
docs.cloudera.com/documentation/other/security-bulletins/topics/Security-Bullet… (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17860?: CVE-2018-17860 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cloudera Cdh, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2019-11-26.
How severe is CVE-2018-17860?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.