Medium
Security advisory
In Apache Spark 1.0.0 to 2.1.2, 2.2.0 to 2.2.1, and 2.3.0, when using PySpark or SparkR, it's possible for a different local user to connect to the Spark application and impersonate the user running the Spark application.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-1334
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 07:06 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In Apache Spark 1.0.0 to 2.1.2, 2.2.0 to 2.2.1, and 2.3.0, when using PySpark or SparkR, it's possible for a different local user to connect to the Spark application and impersonate the user running the Spark application.
osv:CVE-2018-1334
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:48.649189162Z",
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"references": [
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2018-07-12T13:29:00.227+00:00"
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