CVE-2018-11777 describes a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Hive versions 2.3.3, 3.1.0, and earlier, where local resources on HiveServer2 machines are inadequately protected from malicious users when Ranger, Sentry, or SQL standard authorizers are not employed. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 8.1 (High), indicating that an authenticated attacker can achieve high confidentiality and integrity impacts with low attack complexity over the network. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:hive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3.0.0, <= 3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:hive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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