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CVE-2025-62728

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

Published: Nov 26, 2025Updated: Dec 4, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-89
NVD MITRE
5.4CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 74.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:LI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-89

Affected Products

Apache HiveApache Software Foundation
Mixed
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
hiveapache
On-premDatabase
Databases / data-warehouse-analytics
org.apache.hive:hive-commonMavenOSS Libraries
org.apache.hive:hive-metastoreMavenOSS Libraries
apache software foundationoss-projectUSWeb & CMS Pluginsaka apache foundation
apacheoss-projectUSWeb & CMS Pluginsaka apache http server, apache httpd
mavenpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/yj65dd8dmzgy8p3nv8zy33v8knzg9o7g
lists.apache.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/26/3
openwall.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62728
nvd.nist.gov
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Timeline

Published
Nov 26, 2025
Last Updated
Dec 4, 2025

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