CVE-2016-8746

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.

• CWE-426

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95998Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+RangerRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95998Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+RangerRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory

Published

Jun 14, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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