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Apache Sentry may allow attacker to access/remove data from Sentry protected table

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 2, 2023

Package

maven org.apache.sentry:sentry (Maven)

Affected versions

< 2.0.1

Patched versions

2.0.1

Description

An authenticated user can execute ALTER TABLE EXCHANGE PARTITIONS without being authorized by Apache Sentry before 2.0.1. This can allow an attacker unauthorized access to the partitioned data of a Sentry protected table and can allow an attacker to remove data from a Sentry protected table.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 23, 2018
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Reviewed Nov 22, 2022
Last updated Feb 2, 2023

Severity

High
8.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2018-8028

GHSA ID

GHSA-6xhj-p29v-82j8

Source code

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