{"id":"CVE-2016-8746","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-8746","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:16:07.143Z","title":"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.","description":"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.","published":"2017-06-14T17:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:54:57.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@apache.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-426"],"affected":["apache/ranger"],"epss":{"score":0.02733,"percentile":0.86025,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.73%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95998","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95998","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8746","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."}