[IMPALA-7275] Create table with insufficient privileges should not show table

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Impala 3.0
• Fix Version/s: Impala 2.13.0, Impala 3.1.0
• Component/s: Frontend
• Labels: security
• Epic Color: ghx-label-4
• Assignee: Adam Holley
• Reporter: Adam Holley
• Created: 10/Jul/18 18:15
• Updated: 26/Mar/19 01:52
• Resolved: 12/Jul/18 13:49

Description

[localhost:21000] default> create table db1.tbl1;
Query: create table db1.tbl
ERROR: AuthorizationException: User 'user1' does not have privileges to execute 'CREATE' on: db1.tbl1

The error message should be:

ERROR: AuthorizationException: User 'user1' does not have privileges to execute 'CREATE' on: db1

Note that it is not permitted to have CREATE granted to a table.