CVE-2018-11777
mediumpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.023 · 83 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In Apache Hive 2.3.3, 3.1.0 and earlier, local resources on HiveServer2 machines are not properly protected against malicious user if ranger, sentry or sql standard authorizer is not in use.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.5–8.1
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affected products (5)
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- Apache Software Foundation Apache Hive≤ All versions of Hive, including 2.3.3, 3.1.0 and earlierenisa_euvdEU
advisories (1)
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- GHSA-rrfq-g5fq-fc9cImproper Authentication in hive:hive-exec2018-11-21ghsa · osvUS
In Apache Hive 2.3.3, 3.1.0 and earlier, local resources on HiveServer2 machines are not properly protected against malicious user if ranger, sentry or sql standard authorizer is not in use.
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references (6)
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- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/963c8e2516405c9b532b4add16c03b2c5db621e0c83e80f45049cbbb@%3Cdev.hive.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105886cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105886enisa_euvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/963c8e2516405c9b532b4add16c03b2c5db621e0c83e80f45049cbbb%40%3Cdev.hive.apache.org%3Eenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105886Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/963c8e2516405c9b532b4add16c03b2c5db621e0c83e80f45049cbbb%40%3Cdev.hive.apache.org%3Envd
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