What is GHSA-xv7x-x6wr-xx7g?

GHSA-xv7x-x6wr-xx7g is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Apache Ranger policy engine incorrectly matches paths in certain conditions

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-xv7x-x6wr-xx7g cover?

GHSA-xv7x-x6wr-xx7g covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2016-8746. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-xv7x-x6wr-xx7g?

GHSA-xv7x-x6wr-xx7g has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-xv7x-x6wr-xx7g?

GHSA-xv7x-x6wr-xx7g affects 1 product, including: maven/org.apache.ranger:ranger-plugins-common:\u003c 0.6.3.

GHSA-xv7x-x6wr-xx7gMediumCVSS 5.9

Apache Ranger policy engine incorrectly matches paths in certain conditions

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

October 17, 2018

Last Modified

November 21, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2016-8746 →

📋 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 products1

maven/org.apache.ranger:ranger-plugins-common:< 0.6.3

🔗 References (5)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8746
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xv7x-x6wr-xx7g
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95998
https://github.com/apache/ranger/commit/2fcd7f7cc175c0734443638b99c359e24c0f88ff