CVE-2016-8746
Apache Ranger policy engine incorrectly matches paths in certain conditions
5.9
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.54%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-8746
To remediate CVE-2016-8746, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Maven/org.apache.ranger:ranger-plugins-common—upgrade to 0.6.3 or later
Is CVE-2016-8746 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.6.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |