Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Nov 8, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-1314

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.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.apache.hive:hive-jdbcMaven	< 2.3.4	2.3.4
org.apache.hive:hive-jdbcMaven	>= 3.0.0, < 3.1.1	3.1.1

Affected products

Apache/Hive
cpe:2.3:a:apache:hive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=2.3.3
ghsa-coords
pkg:maven/org.apache.hive/hive-jdbc
Range: < 2.3.4
Apache/Apachecpe-rescue
Range: All versions of Hive including 2.3.3, 3.1.0 and earlier

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/105884nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB EntryWEB
github.com/advisories/GHSA-jmf4-pq78-f8vjghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1314ghsaADVISORY
lists.apache.org/thread.html/3da47dbcbf09697387f29d2f1aed970523b6b334d93afd3cced23727@%3Cdev.hive.apache.org%3EghsaWEB
lists.apache.org/thread.html/3da47dbcbf09697387f29d2f1aed970523b6b334d93afd3cced23727%40%3Cdev.hive.apache.org%3Envd

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