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CVE-2016-8746

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8746 describes a vulnerability in Apache Ranger before version 0.6.3, where its policy engine can incorrectly match paths under specific conditions when policies lack wildcards but have the recursion flag enabled. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) has a network attack vector and high integrity impact, allowing unauthorized modifications without user interaction, though it requires high attack complexity. There is 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
<= 0.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:ranger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0273 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 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:ranger-plugins-commonFixed in: 0.6.3

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-xv7x-x6wr-xx7gmedium

Apache Ranger policy engine incorrectly matches paths in certain conditions

Oct 17, 2018

References

cwiki.apache.org / confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger
Release NotesVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/95998
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry