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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-26544

Livy server version 0.7.0-incubating (only) is vulnerable to a cross site scripting issue in the session name. A malicious user could use this flaw to access logs and results of other users' sessions and run jobs with their privileges. This issue is fixed in Livy 0.7.1-incubating.

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31 Oct 2026, 11:42 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-26544

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Feb 2021, 09:15 UTC

Livy server version 0.7.0-incubating (only) is vulnerable to a cross site scripting issue in the session name. A malicious user could use this flaw to access logs and results of other users' sessions and run jobs with their privileges. This issue is fixed in Livy 0.7.1-incubating.

osv:CVE-2021-26544
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-26544",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "Livy server version 0.7.0-incubating (only) is vulnerable to a cross site scripting issue in the session name. A malicious user could use this flaw to access logs and results of other users' sessions and run jobs with their privileges. This issue is fixed in Livy 0.7.1-incubating.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-26544",
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          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
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                  "fixed": "4d8a912699683b973eee76d4e91447d769a0cb0d"
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:34.752135278Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
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        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2db14e7fd1e5ec2519e8828d43529bad623d75698cc7918af3a3f3ed%40%3Cuser.livy.apache.org%3E"
      ],
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 385639,
  "published_at": "2021-02-20T09:15:12.377+00:00"
}