Security advisory

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  "id": "8663b0eeafcd395d14589141e551c8b4dd9826f385727a3ab543de7a480d19fe",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-3161",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-3161",
    "summary": "The HDFS web UI in Apache Hadoop before 2.7.0 is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack through an unescaped query parameter.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-3161",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-3161",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-3161",
        "GHSA-qm7f-r83w-3p46"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/apache/hadoop",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "e8c9fe0b4c252caf2ebf1464220599650f119997"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:hadoop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.6.5"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "release-2.6.5-RC1",
            "rel/release-2.6.5",
            "release-2.6.5-RC0",
            "release-2.6.1",
            "release-2.6.1-RC1",
            "release-2.6.1-RC0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-3161.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:27.128492411Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r127f75748fcabc63bc5a1bec6885753eb9b2bed803b6ed7bd46f965b%40%3Cuser.hadoop.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r66de86b9a608c1da70b2d27d765c11ec88edf6e5dd6f379ab33e072a%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E",
        "https://s.apache.org/4MQm"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-3161",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 431763,
  "published_at": "2017-04-26T20:59:00.213+00:00"
}