Authentication Bypass Affecting org.apache.hive:hive-exec package, versions [,2.3.4) [3.0.0, 3.1.1)


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.07% (28th percentile)
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NVD
4.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEHIVE-72581
  • published 12 Nov 2018
  • disclosed 25 Oct 2018
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.hive:hive-exec to version 2.3.4, 3.1.1 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.hive:hive-exec is a package for reading, writing, and managing large datasets residing in distributed storage using SQL.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass. The EXPLAIN operation does not check for necessary authorization of involved entities in a query. An unauthorized user could use EXPLAIN on arbitrary table or view and expose table metadata and statistics.