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SCA: security update for org.apache.ranger:ranger (GHSA-j84c-j8qm-g47r)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421987

Description

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

 - The Admin UI in Apache Ranger before 0.5.1 does not properly handle authentication requests that lack a
 password, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by leveraging knowledge of a valid
 username. (CVE-2016-0733)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j84c-j8qm-g47r

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 421987

Version: Revision 1.4

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: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-0733

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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: 2/5/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-0733

BID: 82871

cwe: CWE-287