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Critical · 9.8 CVE-2026-56207 EUVD-2026-74797GHSA-3mmv-f538-2fpw

Apache Impala: SAML authentication bypass via forged bearer token

Published Sep 9, 2026 · Updated Sep 10, 2026 · Assigned by apache

Description

Signature of Bearer token is not verified in last step of SAML2 authentication for Impala's hs2-http interface, allowing altering user name and acting as another user.

This issue affects Apache Impala: >=4.0.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.5.2, which fixes this issue.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Apache Software Foundation Apache Impala 4.0.0 – ≤ 4.5.1 —

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