CVE-2016-4947 — gethue
MEDIUMCVE-2016-4947 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.3) Information Exposure vulnerability in gethue. The records list no fixed version yet; check the vendor advisory below and apply the mitigations in the meantime.
Cloudera HUE Account Enumeration
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
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Real-World Exposure
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gethuenpmDescription
Cloudera HUE 3.9.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to enumerate user accounts via a request to desktop/api/users/autocomplete.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | gethue | all versions | No fix |
Affected Products
hueclouderaDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for gethue, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Remediation status
The records we use list no patched version of gethue for CVE-2016-4947. Check the maintainer's advisory, and where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range.
Mitigate without a patch
Assume what was exposed is already known: rotate any credential, token or key that the affected component could return, restrict the endpoint to callers that genuinely need it, and strip sensitive fields from responses and error output at the boundary rather than relying on the client not to read them.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2016-4947 in your dependencies?
Find it across npm, including transitive dependencies.