What is CVE-2021-36151?

CVE-2021-36151 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Gobblin, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-02-04.

How severe is CVE-2021-36151?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Apache Gobblin

CVE-2021-36151

In Apache Gobblin, the Hadoop token is written to a temp file that is visible to all local users on Unix-like systems. This affects versions <= 0.15.0. Users should update to version 0.16.0 which addresses this issue.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2022-02-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (35.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 35.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Gobblin
Apache Software Foundation Gobblin — versions Apache Gobblin

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

lists.apache.org/thread/3cdkyxdd6xk05lsvr3l66dsnvhwyo1t0 (Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-36151?: CVE-2021-36151 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Gobblin, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-02-04.
How severe is CVE-2021-36151?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.