CVE-2025-62728CWE-89

Apache Hive: SQL injection vulnerability when processing delete column statistics requests via the HMS Thrift APIs

Medium · published November 26, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.4
EPSS
0%
Percentile
32.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.4 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00394 · 32.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Published
2025-11-26T08:45Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 NOV 08:45Z
    Apache Hive: SQL injection vulnerability when processing delete column statistics requests via the HMS Thrift APIs
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