CVE-2016-2174

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-06-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the policy admin tool in Apache Ranger before 0.5.3 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the eventTime parameter to service/plugins/policies/eventTime.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Ranger: 0.5.0, 0.5.1, 0.5.2

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/01/3
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/01/3
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger

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