CVE-2026-97720 PUBLISHED

Apache Impala: Impala Executor Webserver Auth Bypass

Assigner: apache
Reserved: 24.09.2026 Published: 07.10.2026 Updated: 07.10.2026

Incorrect implementation of JWT/OAuth authentication in Impala executors in Apache Impala versions up to and including 4.5.2 which allows attacked to access resources served by the executor's webserver when that webserver is configured to accept JWT/OAuth tokens.  Bearer token (JWT) signatures are not validated resulting in the webserver accepting any valid JWT. Users are recommended to either disable JWT/OAuth auth for Impala executors or upgrade to version 4.5.3, which fixes this issue.

Product Status

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache Impala
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 4.1.0 to 4.5.2 (incl.)

Credits

  • Andrew Rukin (Arenadata) finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-303 Incorrect implementation of authentication algorithm CWE