CVE-2018-1314

MEDIUM

Apache Hive < 2.3.3 and 3.1.0 - Missing Authorization for EXPLAIN Operation

Title source: llm

Description

In Apache Hive 2.3.3, 3.1.0 and earlier, Hive "EXPLAIN" operation does not check for necessary authorization of involved entities in a query. An unauthorized user can do "EXPLAIN" on arbitrary table or view and expose table metadata and statistics.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105884

Mailing List x_refsource_misc

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3da47dbcbf09697387f29d2f1aed970523b6b334d93afd3cced23727%40%3Cdev.hive.apache.org%3E

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3

EPSS 0.0037

EPSS Percentile 59.2%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-862

Status published

Products (2)

apache/hive < 2.3.3

org.apache.hive/hive-jdbc 0 - 2.3.4Maven

Published Nov 08, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026