CVE-2018-11792

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-10-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-732

Description

In Apache Impala before 3.0.1, ALTER TABLE/VIEW RENAME required ALTER on the old table. This may pose a potential security risk, such as having ALTER on a table and ALL on a particular database allows a user to move the table to a database with ALL, which will automatically grant that user with ALL privilege on that table due to the privilege inherited from the database.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Impala: before 3.0.1 — fixed in 3.0.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache Impala 3.0.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105739
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/cba8f18df15af862aa07c584d8dc85c44a199fb8f460edd498059247%40%3Cdev.impala.apache.org%3E
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105739
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/cba8f18df15af862aa07c584d8dc85c44a199fb8f460edd498059247%40%3Cdev.impala.apache.org%3E

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