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SCA: security update for org.apache.ranger:ranger-plugins-common (GHSA-xv7x-x6wr-xx7g)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423210

Description

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

 - 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. (CVE-2016-8746)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xv7x-x6wr-xx7g

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 423210

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: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-8746

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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: 2/1/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-8746

BID: 95998

cwe: CWE-426