Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Azure HDInsights - CVE-2023-38156
Published: September 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU80717
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38156
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote administrator to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions in Azure HDInsight Apache Ambari, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Affected software
Azure HDInsights
How to mitigate CVE-2023-38156
Install updates from vendor's website.
Azure HDInsights - update to 2308221128