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SCA: security update for org.apache.ranger:ranger (GHSA-4rjf-mxfm-98h5)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421914

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - SQL injection vulnerability in the policy admin tool in Apache Ranger before 0.5.3 allows remote
 authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the eventTime parameter to
 service/plugins/policies/eventTime. (CVE-2016-2174)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4rjf-mxfm-98h5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 421914

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2174

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/17/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2174

BID: 90988

cwe: CWE-89