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CVE-2017-7676

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.2% 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-20

Description

Policy resource matcher in Apache Ranger before 0.7.1 ignores characters after '*' wildcard character - like my*test, test*.txt. This can result in unintended behavior.

Affected products

• Apache Software Foundation Apache Ranger: through 0.7.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98958
• https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98958
• https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger

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