{"cve":"CVE-2016-8746","nvd":{"published":"2017-06-14T17:29:00.187","modified":"2026-06-17T00:54:56.657","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","score":5.9},"cwes":["CWE-426"],"references":["http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95998","https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95998","https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger"],"products":["apache:ranger"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:43:44.556243339+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-8746","score":0.02733,"percentile":0.86105,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-xv7x-x6wr-xx7g","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-xv7x-x6wr-xx7g","summary":"Apache Ranger policy engine incorrectly matches paths in certain conditions","modified":"2024-02-16T08:10:53.069284Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.ranger:ranger-plugins-common","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.ranger/ranger-plugins-common","ranges":["<0.6.3"],"fixed":["0.6.3"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}