TI-2020-01850 Aliases CVE-2020-1926 GHSA-54g4-5cf6-hjp3

Timing attack in Cookie signature verification

LOW 31CWE-208Published 2021-03-16 · Updated 2025-02-13

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · None · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-208.

Summary

Apache Hive cookie signature verification used a non constant time comparison which is known to be vulnerable to timing attacks. This could allow recovery of another users cookie signature. The issue was addressed in Apache Hive 2.3.8

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02458 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed Apache Hive (Apache Software Foundation): 2.3.8org.apache.hive:hive (Maven): 2.3.8

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Apache	Apache Hive	Apache Hive to before 2.3.8	2.3.8	Patch available	CNA
—	org.apache.hive:hive (Maven)	before 2.3.8	2.3.8	Patch available	GHSA-54g4-5cf6-hjp3

Apache Hive VendorApache Affected Apache Hive to before 2.3.8 Fixed in 2.3.8 Patch available CNA
org.apache.hive:hive (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.3.8 Fixed in 2.3.8 Patch available GHSA-54g4-5cf6-hjp3

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:hive::::::::	before 2.3.8	Vulnerable	Apache

cpe:2.3:a:apache:hive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.3.8 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

Fix · CNA Apache Hive (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 2.3.8
Fix · GHSA-54g4-5cf6-hjp3 org.apache.hive:hive (Maven) Fixed in 2.3.8 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-1926
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-54g4-5cf6-hjp3

References

Patch 2

Advisory 1

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1926

TI-2018-15196 Jodd before 5.0.4 performs Deserialization of Untrusted JSON Data when setClassMetadataName is set. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-40376 Apache Hive: SSRF vulnerability in Hive Avro Serde due to Insufficient input validation on avro.schema.url CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2018-01187 SQL injection in Apache Hive CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2026-36749 Apache Hive: SQL Injection vulnerability in HiveMetaStore partition-name direct-SQL paths CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2015-06259 The authorization framework in Apache Hive 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.2.0 and 1.2.1… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.3
TI-2020-10925 Uncontrolled resource consumption in Apache Thrift CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

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Sources

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