CVE-2015-1772

Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-12-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

The LDAP implementation in HiveServer2 in Apache Hive before 1.0.1 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1, as used in IBM InfoSphere BigInsights 3.0, 3.0.0.1, and 3.0.0.2 and other products, mishandles simple unauthenticated and anonymous bind configurations, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a crafted LDAP request.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Hive: 1.0.0, 1.1.0
IBM BigInsights: 3.0.0.0, 3.0.0.1, 3.0.0.2

References

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201505.mbox/%3CCAOpgucy52yzNN1FaRcxwhZmx8ZtNRjmK6V0Bxk4svAD-R1q70Q%40mail.gmail.com%3E
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21969546
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034365
https://www.cloudera.com/documentation/other/security-bulletins/topics/csb_topic_1.html
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201505.mbox/%3CCAOpgucy52yzNN1FaRcxwhZmx8ZtNRjmK6V0Bxk4svAD-R1q70Q%40mail.gmail.com%3E
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21969546
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034365
https://www.cloudera.com/documentation/other/security-bulletins/topics/csb_topic_1.html

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