CVE-2020-35451

Oozie local privilege escalation

MEDIUM
4.7
CVSS Score
Published: March 9, 2021 at 03:20 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:13 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOozie

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Severity
MEDIUM4.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

There is a race condition in OozieSharelibCLI in Apache Oozie before version 5.2.1 which allows a malicious attacker to replace the files in Oozie's sharelib during it's creation.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 5.2.1
Affected range stops below 5.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-377CWE-362

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