{"id":"CVE-2021-40331","details":"An Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability was found in the Apache Ranger Hive Plugin. Any user with SELECT privilege on a database can alter the ownership of the table in Hive when Apache Ranger Hive Plugin is enabled\nThis issue affects Apache Ranger Hive Plugin: from 2.0.0 through 2.3.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.0 or later.\n\n\n","aliases":["GHSA-vjr2-wpfh-5r9p"],"modified":"2026-07-09T00:36:51.674472Z","published":"2023-05-05T08:15:08.683Z","references":[{"type":"FIX","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/s68yls6cnkdmzn1k4hqt50vs6wjvt2rn"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/apache/ranger","events":[{"introduced":"2a97668824d6a05f97193f3bf21d1bbe50a48330"},{"last_affected":"ce3339c8ab653d99382caba9b2e5f306a7118561"}],"database_specific":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:apache:ranger:*:*:*:*:*:hive:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"2.0.0"},{"last_affected":"2.3.0"}],"source":"CPE_RANGE"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-40331.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"}]}