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SCA: security update for org.apache.ranger:ranger (GHSA-rf7q-xqm3-6923)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 422799

Description

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

 - Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the create user functionality in the policy admin tool in
 Apache Ranger before 0.6.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary web script or
 HTML via vectors related to policies. (CVE-2016-5395)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rf7q-xqm3-6923

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 422799

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 8.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5395

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

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: 8/22/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5395

BID: 92577

cwe: CWE-79