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Fencer Intel
high 7.5

CVE-2017-5635 json

Improper Authentication In Apache NiFi

published 2017-10-19 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-jgj9-6v78-6g8m , EUVD-2022-4360

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.3%
EPSS 3.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.nifi:nifi 0.7.2, 1.1.2

Exploit prediction

3.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.nifi:nifi
<0.7.2
>=1.0.0, <1.1.2
0.7.2
1.1.2

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache NiFi

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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