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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…
Medium4.3EPSS 2.0%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 19% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
- Improper Access Control
- CWE-862 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-862 and its CVEs
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Hive
- affected All versions of Hive including 2.3.3, 3.1.0 and earlier
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.hive:hive-jdbcGHSA-jmf4-pq78-f8vj (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- 105884 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3da47dbcbf09697387f29d2f1aed970523b6b334d93afd3cced23727%40%3Cdev.hive.apache.org%3E (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-jmf4-pq78-f8vj (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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