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CVE-2016-0733

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-04-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

The Admin UI in Apache Ranger before 0.5.1 does not properly handle authentication requests that lack a password, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by leveraging knowledge of a valid username.

Affected products

• Apache Software Foundation Apache Ranger: through 0.5.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82871
• https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger
• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RANGER-835
• https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/ranger-dev/201602.mbox/%3CD2D9A4C5.114ECA%25vel%40apache.org%3E
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82871
• https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger
• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RANGER-835
• https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/ranger-dev/201602.mbox/%3CD2D9A4C5.114ECA%25vel%40apache.org%3E

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