CVE-2016-0733
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
Description
The Admin UI in Apache Ranger before 0.5.1 does not properly handle authentication requests that lack a password
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.ranger:ranger | <0.5.1 | 0.5.1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | ranger | {"endIncluding":"0.5.0"} | |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82871
- https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RANGER-835
- https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/ranger-dev/201602.mbox/%3CD2D9A4C5.114ECA%25vel%40apache.org%3E
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0733
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j84c-j8qm-g47r
- https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/ranger-dev/201602.mbox/%3CD2D9A4C5.114ECA%25vel@apache.org%3E
CWEs
CWE-287
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.