GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-932v-x9x2-vq29 Hive Metastore Server is vulnerable to SQL Injection
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2025-62728
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.apache.hive:hive-common, org.apache.hive:hive-metastore
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-89
- Reviewed
- 2025-12-01
Affected packages
• Maven org.apache.hive:hive-common: >= 4.1.0, < 4.2.0 → fixed in 4.2.0
• Maven org.apache.hive:hive-metastore: >= 4.1.0, < 4.2.0 → fixed in 4.2.0
Description
SQL injection vulnerability in Hive Metastore Server (HMS) when processing delete column statistics requests via the Thrift APIs. The vulnerability is only exploitable by trusted/authorized users/applications that are allowed to call directly the Thrift APIs. In most real-world deployments, HMS is accessible to only a handful of applications (e.g., Hiveserver2) thus the vulnerability is not exploitable. Moreover, the vulnerable code cannot be reached when metastore.try.direct.sql property is set to false.
This issue affects Apache Hive: from 4.1.0 before 4.2.0.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.2.0, which fixes the issue. Users who cannot upgrade directly are encouraged to set metastore.try.direct.sql property to false if the HMS Thrift APIs are exposed to general public.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2025-62728 SQL injection vulnerability in Hive Metastore Server (HMS) when processing delete column statistics requests via the Thrift APIs. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62728 advisory
- https://github.com/apache/hive/commit/c18d0df2702130cf5d0f050e516eb8999aa56301 web
- https://github.com/apache/hive package
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-29269 web
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/yj65dd8dmzgy8p3nv8zy33v8knzg9o7g web
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/26/3 web