{"id":"CVE-2020-1926","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-1926","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:21:23.504Z","title":"Apache Hive cookie signature verification used a non constant time comparison which is known to be vulnerable to timing attacks.","description":"Apache Hive cookie signature verification used a non constant time comparison which is known to be vulnerable to timing attacks. This could allow recovery of another users cookie signature. The issue was addressed in Apache Hive 2.3.8","published":"2021-03-16T13:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:02:37.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@apache.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-208","CWE-203"],"affected":["apache/hive"],"epss":{"score":0.02458,"percentile":0.8432,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.46%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-22708","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd186eedff68102ba1e68059a808101c5aa587e11542c7dcd26e7b9d7%40%3Cuser.hive.apache.org%3E","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-22708","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd186eedff68102ba1e68059a808101c5aa587e11542c7dcd26e7b9d7%40%3Cuser.hive.apache.org%3E","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1926","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}