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CVE-2015-1772

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-1772 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in the LDAP implementation of HiveServer2 in Apache Hive versions prior to 1.0.1 and 1.1.1, as well as IBM InfoSphere BigInsights. This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass authentication through crafted LDAP requests when simple unauthenticated or anonymous bind configurations are used. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.3 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_biginsights:3.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_biginsights:3.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_biginsights:3.0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:hive:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:hive:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.3HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0683 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.hive:hiveFixed in: 1.0.1
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.hive:hiveFixed in: 1.1.1
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.hive:hive-execFixed in: 1.0.1
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.hive:hive-execFixed in: 1.1.1
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.hive:hive-serviceFixed in: 1.0.1
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.hive:hive-serviceFixed in: 1.1.1

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-5gvm-hrw5-h6xfhigh

Improper Authentication in org.apache.hive:hive, org.apache.hive:hive-exec, and org.apache.hive:hive-service

Mar 14, 2019
redhatCVE-2015-1772Important

Hive: authentication vulnerability in HiveServer2

May 21, 2015

References

mail-archives.apache.org / mod_mbox/www-announce/201505.mbox/%3CCAOpgucy52yzNN1FaRcxwhZmx8ZtNRjmK6V0Bxk4svAD-R1q70Q%40mail.gmail.com%3E
cloudera.com / documentation/other/security-bulletins/topics/csb_topic_1.html
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1034365