CVE-2026-73322
Published:October 30, 2026
Updated:November 04, 2026
Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in the single-stage query engine of Apache Pinot.
When broker access control is enabled, the single-stage query engine authorizes only the table named in the query's FROM clause. The lookup() transform function identifies its dimension table with a string literal argument rather than through the FROM clause, so that table was never included in the authorization check. An authenticated user who is authorized for at least one table can therefore read columns from any dimension table in the cluster, including tables they have no access to, and can retrieve arbitrary rows of it by supplying primary key values directly. Per-principal row-level security filters configured on the dimension table are likewise not applied.
The multi-stage query engine is not affected.
This issue affects Apache Pinot: through 1.5.1
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.6.0, which fixes this issue.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/apache/pinot.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=release-0.7.1 <release-1.6.0 || >=release-1.0.0 <release-1.6.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version release-1.6.0org.apache.pinot:pinot-broker (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=1.0.0 <1.6.0 || >=0.7.0 <1.6.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.6.0Related Resources (2)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
7.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
6.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Incorrect Authorization
EPSS
Base Score:
0.18