TI-2023-17801 Aliases CVE-2023-35701 GHSA-vpw3-3prf-3974

Apache Hive: Arbitrary command execution via JDBC driver

LOW 33CWE-94Published 2024-05-03 · Updated 2025-02-13

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-94.

Summary

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Apache Hive. The vulnerability affects the Hive JDBC driver component and it can potentially lead to arbitrary code execution on the machine/endpoint that the JDBC driver (client) is running. The malicious user must have sufficient permissions to specify/edit JDBC URL(s) in an endpoint relying on the Hive JDBC driver and the JDBC client process must run under a privileged user to fully exploit the vulnerability. The attacker can setup a malicious HTTP server and specify a JDBC URL pointing towards this server. When a JDBC connection is attempted, the malicious HTTP server can provide a special response with customized payload that can trigger the execution of certain commands in the JDBC client.This issue affects Apache Hive: from 4.0.0-alpha-1 before 4.0.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.0.0, which fixes the issue.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.01103 65th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed Apache Hive (Apache Software Foundation): 4.0.0org.apache.hive:hive-jdbc (Maven): 4.0.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Apache	Apache Hive	4.0.0-alpha-1 to before 4.0.0	4.0.0	Patch available	CNA
—	org.apache.hive:hive-jdbc (Maven)	4.0.0-alpha-1 to before 4.0.0	4.0.0	Patch available	GHSA-vpw3-3prf-3974

Apache Hive VendorApache Affected 4.0.0-alpha-1 to before 4.0.0 Fixed in 4.0.0 Patch available CNA
org.apache.hive:hive-jdbc (Maven) Vendor— Affected 4.0.0-alpha-1 to before 4.0.0 Fixed in 4.0.0 Patch available GHSA-vpw3-3prf-3974

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:hive:4.0.0:alpha1::::::	4.0.0 alpha1	Vulnerable	Apache
cpe:2.3:a:apache:hive:4.0.0:alpha2::::::	4.0.0 alpha2	Vulnerable	Apache
cpe:2.3:a:apache:hive:4.0.0:beta1::::::	4.0.0 beta1	Vulnerable	Apache

cpe:2.3:a:apache:hive:4.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 alpha1 Vulnerable ·Apache
cpe:2.3:a:apache:hive:4.0.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 alpha2 Vulnerable ·Apache
cpe:2.3:a:apache:hive:4.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 beta1 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

Fix · CNA Apache Hive (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 4.0.0
Fix · GHSA-vpw3-3prf-3974 org.apache.hive:hive-jdbc (Maven) Fixed in 4.0.0 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-35701
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vpw3-3prf-3974

References

Advisory 3

Other 3

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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