CVE-2024-23945: Apache Hive, Apache Spark, Apache Spark: CookieSigner exposes the correct signature when message verification fails

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-12-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-209

Description

Signing cookies is an application security feature that adds a digital signature to cookie data to verify its authenticity and integrity. The signature helps prevent malicious actors from modifying the cookie value, which can lead to security vulnerabilities and exploitation. Apache Hive’s service component accidentally exposes the signed cookie to the end user when there is a mismatch in signature between the current and expected cookie. Exposing the correct cookie signature can lead to further exploitation. The vulnerable CookieSigner logic was introduced in Apache Hive by HIVE-9710 (1.2.0) and in Apache Spark by SPARK-14987 (2.0.0). The affected components are the following: * org.apache.hive:hive-service * org.apache.spark:spark-hive-thriftserver_2.11 * org.apache.spark:spark-hive-thriftserver_2.12

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Hive: from 1.2.0 before 4.0.0 — fixed in 4.0.0
Apache Software Foundation Apache Spark: from 2.0.0 before 3.3.4; from 3.4.0 before 3.4.2; 3.5.0 — fixed in 3.3.4, 3.4.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache Hive 4.0.0; Apache Software Foundation Apache Spark 3.3.4, 3.4.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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