Improper Authentication in hive:hive-exec

published 2018-11-08 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also GHSA-rrfq-g5fq-fc9c , EUVD-2018-0775

cvss: 8.1; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.3%; EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

maven org.apache.hive:hive-exec 2.3.4, 3.1.1

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Exploit prediction

2.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	8.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
GitHub	3.0	8.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	org.apache.hive:hive-exec	>=3.0.0, <3.1.1 <2.3.4	3.1.1 2.3.4

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Hive

References

securityfocus.com /bid/105886
vdb-entry, web, third-party-advisory
lists.apache.org /thread.html/963c8e2516405c9b532b4add16c03b2c5db621e0c83e80f45049cbbb%40%3Cdev.hive.apache.org%3E
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11777
advisory
github.com /advisories/GHSA-rrfq-g5fq-fc9c
advisory
lists.apache.org /thread.html/963c8e2516405c9b532b4add16c03b2c5db621e0c83e80f45049cbbb@%3Cdev.hive.apache.org%3E
web

Sources

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