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CVE-2018-11778

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-10-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

UnixAuthenticationService in Apache Ranger 1.2.0 was updated to correctly handle user input to avoid Stack-based buffer overflow. Versions prior to 1.2.0 should be upgraded to 1.2.0

Affected products

• Apache Software Foundation Apache Ranger: before 1.2.0 — fixed in 1.2.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache Ranger 1.2.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r04bc435a92911de4b52d2b98f169bd7cf2e8bbeb53b03788df8f932c%40%3Cdev.ranger.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd88077a781ef38f7687c100f93992f4dda8aa101925050c4af470998%40%3Cdev.ranger.apache.org%3E
• https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q4/11
• https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r04bc435a92911de4b52d2b98f169bd7cf2e8bbeb53b03788df8f932c%40%3Cdev.ranger.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd88077a781ef38f7687c100f93992f4dda8aa101925050c4af470998%40%3Cdev.ranger.apache.org%3E
• https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q4/11

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