CVE-2016-8746 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2017-06-14

Score: 5.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apache Software Foundation

Apache Ranger

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0.6.0 - 0.6.2`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apache:ranger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-0720	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.
Github GHSA	GHSA-xv7x-x6wr-xx7g	Apache Ranger policy engine incorrectly matches paths in certain conditions

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00538.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95998
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger

History

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Subscriptions

Apache Ranger

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published: 2017-06-14T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:34:59.604Z

Reserved: 2016-10-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-8746

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-06-14T17:29:00.187

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-8746

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-426

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