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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-5635

In Apache NiFi before 0.7.2 and 1.x before 1.1.2 in a cluster environment, if an anonymous user request is replicated to another node, the originating node identity is used rather than the "anonymous" user.

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1 Nov 2026, 06:50 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2017-5635

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Oct 2017, 20:29 UTC

In Apache NiFi before 0.7.2 and 1.x before 1.1.2 in a cluster environment, if an anonymous user request is replicated to another node, the originating node identity is used rather than the "anonymous" user.

osv:CVE-2017-5635
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5635",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-5635",
    "summary": "In Apache NiFi before 0.7.2 and 1.x before 1.1.2 in a cluster environment, if an anonymous user request is replicated to another node, the originating node identity is used rather than the \"anonymous\" user.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-5635",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
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        "GHSA-jgj9-6v78-6g8m"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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                {
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                },
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                  "last_affected": "a92f2e36ed6be695e4dc6f624f6b3a96e6d1a57c"
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              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
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                        "introduced": "0.7.0"
                      },
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                      }
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                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
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                    "range": [
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                        "introduced": "0.7.1"
                      },
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                        "last_affected": "0.7.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:nifi:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
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                      },
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                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:nifi:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
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                      },
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                      }
                    ],
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                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
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            "0.7.0",
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            "1.1.0",
            "1.1.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:45.152029718Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://nifi.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2017-5635"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-5635",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 436056,
  "published_at": "2017-10-19T20:29:00.267+00:00"
}