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CVE-2015-0266

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2016-04-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Policy Admin Tool in Apache Ranger before 0.5.0 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via direct access to module URLs.

Affected products

• Apache Software Foundation Apache Ranger: through 0.4.0.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76221
• http://www.slideshare.net/wojdwo/big-problems-with-big-data-hadoop-interfaces-security
• https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger
• https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/ranger-dev/201508.mbox/%3CD1E7EC30.9D53F%25vel%40apache.org%3E
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76221
• http://www.slideshare.net/wojdwo/big-problems-with-big-data-hadoop-interfaces-security
• https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger
• https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/ranger-dev/201508.mbox/%3CD1E7EC30.9D53F%25vel%40apache.org%3E

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