CVE-2018-1314
mediumpriority · track · 18OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.020 · 81 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-24
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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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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-jmf4-pq78-f8vjModerate severity vulnerability that affects org.apache.hive:hive-jdbc2018-11-21ghsa · osvUS
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.
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references (6)
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- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3da47dbcbf09697387f29d2f1aed970523b6b334d93afd3cced23727@%3Cdev.hive.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105884cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105884enisa_euvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3da47dbcbf09697387f29d2f1aed970523b6b334d93afd3cced23727%40%3Cdev.hive.apache.org%3Eenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105884Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3da47dbcbf09697387f29d2f1aed970523b6b334d93afd3cced23727%40%3Cdev.hive.apache.org%3Envd
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