{"id":"CVE-2015-0266","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-0266","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:56:36.510Z","title":"The Policy Admin Tool in Apache Ranger before 0.5.0 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via direct access to module URLs.","description":"The Policy Admin Tool in Apache Ranger before 0.5.0 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via direct access to module URLs.","published":"2016-04-11T19:59:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:19:52.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["apache/ranger"],"epss":{"score":0.02103,"percentile":0.81603,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.10%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76221","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.slideshare.net/wojdwo/big-problems-with-big-data-hadoop-interfaces-security","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/ranger-dev/201508.mbox/%3CD1E7EC30.9D53F%25vel%40apache.org%3E","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76221","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.slideshare.net/wojdwo/big-problems-with-big-data-hadoop-interfaces-security","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/ranger-dev/201508.mbox/%3CD1E7EC30.9D53F%25vel%40apache.org%3E","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0266","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}