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CVE-2016-8746

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-06-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-426

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.

Affected products

• Apache Software Foundation Apache Ranger: through 0.6.2

References

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

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