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CVE-2016-8746
Apache Ranger before 0.6.3 policy engine incorrectly matches paths in certain conditions when policy does not contain wildcards and has…
Medium5.9EPSS 2.7%
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- apache
Description
Apache Ranger before 0.6.3 policy engine incorrectly matches paths in certain conditions when policy does not contain wildcards and has recursion flag set to true.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Weakness
- Authorization
- CWE-426 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Ranger
- affected 0.6.0 - 0.6.2
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.ranger:ranger-plugins-commonGHSA-xv7x-x6wr-xx7g (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- 95998 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-xv7x-x6wr-xx7g (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .