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.
| Package (Ecosystem) | Introduced | Fixed | Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.apache.hive:hive-jdbc(Maven) | 0 | 2.3.4 | N/A |
| org.apache.hive:hive-jdbc(Maven) | 3.0.0 | 3.1.1 | N/A |
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