Security advisory

{
  "id": "4a8deb411621f6bfbdffb6570411afb65782435c24b753d442510365af7e199f",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8042",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-8042",
    "summary": "Apache Ambari, version 2.5.0 to 2.6.2, passwords for Hadoop credential stores are exposed in Ambari Agent informational log messages when the credential store feature is enabled for eligible services. For example, Hive and Oozie.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-8042",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-8042",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-8042"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/apache/ambari",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "1416bba1bf2eb046f51afab4827a1e11749f9807"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "631319b00937a8d04667d93714241d2a0cb17275"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:ambari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.5.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.6.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "release-2.6.2-rc0",
            "release-2.6.2",
            "release-2.6.1-rc1",
            "release-2.6.1",
            "release-2.6.1-rc0",
            "release-2.6.0-rc0",
            "release-2.6.0",
            "release-2.5.1-rc0",
            "release-2.5.1",
            "release-2.5.0-rc2",
            "release-2.5.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-8042.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:47.255975068Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AMBARI/Ambari+Vulnerabilities#AmbariVulnerabilities-CVE-2018-8042"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-8042",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 436496,
  "published_at": "2018-07-18T15:29:00.437+00:00"
}