CVE-2015-7521: Apache Hive

High severity, CVSS 8.3. EPSS: 6.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The authorization framework in Apache Hive 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.2.0 and 1.2.1, on clusters protected by Ranger and SqlStdHiveAuthorization, allows attackers to bypass intended parent table access restrictions via unspecified partition-level operations.

Affected products

• Apache Hive: version 1.0.0 only; version 1.0.1 only; version 1.1.0 only; version 1.2.0 only; version 1.2.1 only

Published 2016-01-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.