# CVE-2018-11792: In Apache Impala before 3.0.1, ALTER TABLE/VIEW RENAME required ALTER on the old table.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-10-24 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Apache Software Foundation Apache Impala: Apache Impala 3.0.0

## 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.

## What to do

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## References

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

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