CVE-2021-26544:
Apache Livy Cross-site scripting (XSS) in session names
5.4
CVSS Score
3.1
Basic Information
CVE ID
GHSA ID
EPSS Score
0.89963%
CWE
Published
5/13/2021
Updated
9/25/2023
KEV Status
No
Technology
Java
Technical Details
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Package Name | Ecosystem | Vulnerable Versions | First Patched Version |
---|---|---|---|
org.apache.livy:livy-server | maven | = 0.7.0-incubating | 0.7.1-incubating |
Vulnerability Intelligence
Miggo AI
Root Cause Analysis
The GitHub commit 4d8a912 shows the vulnerability was fixed by adding HTML escaping to session.name
in both loadSessionsTable
and loadBatchesTable
functions. In the vulnerable version 0.7.0, these functions used tdWrap(session.name)
without escaping, allowing attackers to inject arbitrary HTML/JS via malicious session names. The direct DOM injection pattern matches classic stored XSS vulnerabilities (CWE-79).