CVE-2018-1314

medium

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-11-08

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.3

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