title: Permissions problem in the Apache Ranger Hive Plugin
description: An Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability was found in the Apache Ranger Hive Plugin. Any user with SELECT privilege on a database can alter the ownership of the table in Hive when Apache Ranger Hive Plugin is enabled
This issue affects Apache Ranger Hive Plugin: from 2.0.0 through 2.3.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.0 or later.
problem types: CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
affected:
{
defaultStatus: unaffected
product: Apache Ranger Hive Plugin
vendor: Apache Software Foundation
versions:
lessThanOrEqual: 2.3.0, status: affected, version: 2.0.0, versionType: semver
}
metrics:
other: [
content: {'text': 'critical'}
type: Textual description of severity
]