CVE-2022-41137: Apache Hive: Deserialization of untrusted data when fetching partitions from the Metastore

[Stamatis Zampetakis <zabetak () apache org>]

Severity: moderate

Affected versions:

- Apache Hive 4.0.0-alpha-1 before 4.0.0

Description:

Apache Hive Metastore (HMS) uses SerializationUtilities#deserializeObjectWithTypeInformation method when filtering and 
fetching partitions that is unsafe and can lead to Remote Code Execution (RCE) since it allows the deserialization of 
arbitrary data.

In real deployments, the vulnerability can be exploited only by authenticated users/clients that were able to 
successfully establish a connection to the Metastore. From an API perspective any code that calls the unsafe method may 
be vulnerable unless it performs additional prerechecks on the input arguments.

This issue is being tracked as HIVE-26539 

Credit:

Junjie Liao (reporter)

References:

https://github.com/apache/hive
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-26539
https://github.com/apache/hive/commit/60027bb9c91a93affcfebd9068f064bc1f2a74c9
https://hive.apache.org/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-41137
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-26539