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CVE-2016-0735

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0735 describes a high-severity access control bypass vulnerability in Apache Ranger versions 0.5.x prior to 0.5.2. Remote authenticated users can exploit this flaw by manipulating resource-level exclude policies, allowing them to bypass intended parent resource restrictions. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and requiring only low privileges, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:ranger:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:ranger:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0167 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 17,823 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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: 0.5.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-22v7-w6c5-v4rrhigh

Apache Ranger Access Restriction Bypass

May 17, 2022

References

mail-archives.apache.org / mod_mbox/ranger-dev/201603.mbox/%3CD31EE434.14B879%25vel%40apache.org%3E
Vendor Advisory