#VU12913 Improper authentication in ZooKeeper - CVE-2018-8012

Vulnerability identifier: #VU12913

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8012

CWE-ID: CWE-287

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
ZooKeeper

Software vendor:
Apache Foundation

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication and write arbitrary files on the target system.

The weakness exists due to missing authentication to join a quorum. A remote attacker can bypass authentication, join the cluster and propagate changes to the cluster leader.

Update to version 3.4.10 or 3.5.4-beta.

• http://zookeeper.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2018-8012