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CVE-2015-0266

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-0266 describes a vulnerability in Apache Ranger versions prior to 0.5.0, where the Policy Admin Tool allows authenticated users to bypass access restrictions by directly accessing module URLs. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) has a low attack complexity and requires authentication, potentially leading to high integrity impact and limited confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.4.0.CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:ranger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.1HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
4.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0210 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 17,822 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.ranger:rangerFixed in: 0.5.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-7ccv-hhvc-62hghigh

Apache Ranger allows users to bypass intended access restrictions via direct access to module URLs

May 17, 2022

References

cwiki.apache.org / confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger
Vendor Advisory
mail-archives.apache.org / mod_mbox/ranger-dev/201508.mbox/%3CD1E7EC30.9D53F%25vel%40apache.org%3E
securityfocus.com / bid/76221
slideshare.net / wojdwo/big-problems-with-big-data-hadoop-interfaces-security
Exploit