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    CVE-2016-8746

    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:Jun 14, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Jun 14, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00538
    CVSS Score:5.9

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apache
    Product
    Ranger

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-38 Leveraging/Manipulating Configuration File Search Paths

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