In Apache Hive 2.1.0 to 2.3.2, when 'COPY FROM FTP' statement is run using HPL/SQL extension to Hive, a compromised/malicious FTP server can cause the file to be written to an arbitrary location on the cluster where the command is run from. This is because FTP client code in HPL/SQL does not verify the destination location of the downloaded file. This does not affect hive cli user and hiveserver2 user as hplsql is a separate command line script and needs to be invoked differently.

Affected Packages

Maven org.apache.hive:hive

Affected versions: 2.1.0 (fixed in 2.3.3)

Maven org.apache.hive:hive-exec

Affected versions: 2.1.0 (fixed in 2.3.3)

Maven org.apache.hive:hive-service

Affected versions: 2.1.0 (fixed in 2.3.3)

Related CVEs

CVE-2018-1315

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-p639-xxv5-j383

Published

November 21, 2018 10:24 PM

Last Modified

September 14, 2022 10:07 PM

CVSS Score

2.5 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Maven

Primary Package

org.apache.hive:hive

GitHub Reviewed

✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: September 14, 2025 6:31 AM

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