Vulnerability GHSA-9437-39hj-3c93

Medium Risk
MEDIUM RISK
CVSS Score: 6.1
Score Range: 4.0–6.9
Medium severity vulnerabilities (CVSS 4.0–6.9). Important issues that meaningfully reduce security confidence.
1 month ago
September 02, 2026 at 12:31 PM UTC
Apache Spark History Server allows stored cross-site scripting through unescaped application names
>=3.0.0 <3.0.4, >=3.1.0 <3.1.4, >=3.2.0 <3.2.5, >=3.3.0 <3.3.5, >=3.4.0 <3.4.5, >=3.5.0 <3.5.8
>=3.0.0 <3.0.4, >=3.1.0 <3.1.4, >=3.2.0 <3.2.5, >=3.3.0 <3.3.5, >=3.4.0 <3.4.5, >=3.5.0 <3.5.8

Summary

Apache Spark History Server allows stored cross-site scripting through unescaped application names

Details

There is a lack of XSS escaping in the Spark History Server prior to 3.5.8 which allows a malicious Spark job to generate arbitrary unescaped frontend code which could lead to a minimal privilege escalation in browser. Users are encouraged to upgrade to Spark 3.5.8 or later.

This CVE is marked as "low" since the path to exploit requires both relatively high permissions (ability to launch a Spark job) and requires tricking a user with higher permissions to log in and visit the Spark history web page.

Users are encouraged to upgrade their Spark history servers to Spark 3.5.8 or later.

Timeline

Published
1 month ago
September 02, 2026 at 12:31 PM UTC
Fixed (3.5.8)
8 months ago
January 15, 2026 at 11:46 AM UTC
Fixed (3.5.8)
Unknown
Unknown
Fixed (3.5.8)
Unknown
Unknown
Last Modified
8 hours ago
October 05, 2026 at 11:10 PM UTC