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CVE-2018-1314

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.

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
ApacheHive
through 2.3.3
from 3.0.0 through 3.1.0

Weakness classification

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