CVE-2021-34538

HIGH

Apache Hive < 3.1.3 - Missing Authentication

Title source: rule

Description

Apache Hive before 3.1.3 "CREATE" and "DROP" function operations does not check for necessary authorization of involved entities in the query. It was found that an unauthorized user can manipulate an existing UDF without having the privileges to do so. This allowed unauthorized or underprivileged users to drop and recreate UDFs pointing them to new jars that could be potentially malicious.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0030
EPSS Percentile 52.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Classification

CWE
CWE-306
Status published

Affected Products (2)

apache/hive < 3.1.3
org.apache.hive/hive < 3.1.3Maven

Timeline

Published Jul 16, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026