# org.apache.ranger:ranger (Maven) vulnerabilities

17 known vulnerabilities (2 critical, 1 high, 1 medium), with the versions each affects and the releases that fix them.

## At a glance

- Latest release: 2.9.0 (Aug 5, 2026): no advisory affects it
- Newest unaffected release: 2.9.0 (Aug 5, 2026), the latest release
- Dependents: 0
- Releases: 19 since 0.6.0 (Jul 19, 2016)
- Registry: https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/org.apache.ranger/ranger
- Releases read: Nov 8, 2026

## Version timeline

Affected versions per advisory, in version order:

- CVE-2026-28672: 0.6.0 to 2.8.0 (2.9.0 is outside it)
- CVE-2024-45479: 0.6.0 to 2.4.0 (2.5.0 is outside it)
- CVE-2024-45478: 0.6.0 to 2.4.0 (2.5.0 is outside it)
- CVE-2022-45048: 2.3.0 (2.4.0 is outside it)
- CVE-2019-12397: 0.7.0 to 1.2.0 (2.0.0 is outside it)
- CVE-2018-11778: 0.6.0 to 1.1.0 (1.2.0 is outside it)
- CVE-2016-6815: 0.6.0 to 0.6.1 (0.6.2 is outside it)
- CVE-2017-7677: 0.6.0 to 0.7.0 (0.7.1 is outside it)
- CVE-2017-7676: 0.6.0 to 0.7.0 (0.7.1 is outside it)
- CVE-2016-8751: 0.6.0 to 0.6.2 (0.6.3 is outside it)
- CVE-2016-5395: 0.6.0 (0.6.1 is outside it)
- CVE-2016-2174: no published release is affected
- CVE-2016-0733: no published release is affected
- CVE-2015-5167: no published release is affected
- CVE-2016-0735: no published release is affected
- CVE-2015-0266: no published release is affected
- CVE-2015-0265: no published release is affected

## Advisories (17)

### [CVE-2026-28672](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-28672): Apache Ranger: OS Command Injection via Username in UnixUserGroupBuilder

- Severity: Critical 9.8
- Published: Aug 10, 2026
- Affected: from 0.6.0, through 2.8.0.
- Fixed in 2.9.0 (released Aug 5, 2026, 5 days before disclosure), the first release outside every affected range (no listed fixed version clears them all).
- The latest release, 2.9.0, is not affected.

### [CVE-2024-45479](https://cve.now/CVE-2024-45479): Apache Ranger: SSRF in Edit Service page - Add logic to filter requests to localhost

- Severity: Critical 9.1
- Published: Jan 21, 2025
- Affected: from 0.5.0, fixed in 2.5.0.
- Fixed in 2.5.0 (released Aug 7, 2024, 167 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 2.9.0, is not affected.

### [CVE-2024-45478](https://cve.now/CVE-2024-45478): Apache Ranger: Stored XSS in Edit Service page - Add logic to validate user input

- Severity: Medium 4.8
- Published: Jan 21, 2025
- Affected: fixed in 2.5.0.
- Fixed in 2.5.0 (released Aug 7, 2024, 167 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 2.9.0, is not affected.

### [CVE-2022-45048](https://cve.now/CVE-2022-45048): Apache Ranger: code execution vulnerability in policy expressions

- Severity: High 8.4
- Published: May 5, 2023
- Affected: from 2.3.0, fixed in 2.4.0.
- Fixed in 2.4.0 (released Mar 31, 2023, 35 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 2.9.0, is not affected.

### [CVE-2019-12397](https://cve.now/CVE-2019-12397): Policy import functionality in Apache Ranger 0.7.0 to 1.2.0 is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting issue.

- Severity: Unrated
- Published: Aug 8, 2019
- Affected: from 0.7.0, fixed in 2.0.0.
- Fixed in 2.0.0 (released Aug 7, 2019, 1 day before disclosure).
- The latest release, 2.9.0, is not affected.

### [CVE-2018-11778](https://cve.now/CVE-2018-11778): UnixAuthenticationService in Apache Ranger 1.2.0 was updated to correctly handle user input to avoid Stack-based buffer overflow.

- Severity: Unrated
- Published: Oct 5, 2018
- Affected: fixed in 1.2.0.
- Fixed in 1.2.0 (released Oct 4, 2018, 1 day before disclosure).
- The latest release, 2.9.0, is not affected.

### [CVE-2016-6815](https://cve.now/CVE-2016-6815): In Apache Ranger before 0.6.2, users with "keyadmin" role should not be allowed to change password for users with "admin" role.

- Severity: Unrated
- Published: Oct 13, 2017
- Affected: fixed in 0.6.2.
- Fixed in 0.6.2 (released Nov 9, 2016, 338 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 2.9.0, is not affected.

### [CVE-2017-7677](https://cve.now/CVE-2017-7677): In environments that use external location for hive tables, Hive Authorizer in Apache Ranger before 0.7.1 should be checking RWX…

- Severity: Unrated
- Published: Jun 14, 2017
- Affected: fixed in 0.7.1.
- Fixed in 0.7.1 (released Jun 7, 2017, 7 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 2.9.0, is not affected.

### [CVE-2017-7676](https://cve.now/CVE-2017-7676): Policy resource matcher in Apache Ranger before 0.7.1 ignores characters after '\*' wildcard character - like my\*test, test\*.txt.

- Severity: Unrated
- Published: Jun 14, 2017
- Affected: fixed in 0.7.1.
- Fixed in 0.7.1 (released Jun 7, 2017, 7 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 2.9.0, is not affected.

### [CVE-2016-8751](https://cve.now/CVE-2016-8751): Apache Ranger before 0.6.3 is vulnerable to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting in when entering custom policy conditions.

- Severity: Unrated
- Published: Jun 14, 2017
- Affected: fixed in 0.6.3.
- Fixed in 0.6.3 (released Jan 31, 2017, 134 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 2.9.0, is not affected.

### [CVE-2016-5395](https://cve.now/CVE-2016-5395): Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the create user functionality in the policy admin tool in Apache Ranger before 0.6.1 allows…

- Severity: Unrated
- Published: Sep 26, 2016
- Affected: fixed in 0.6.1.
- Fixed in 0.6.1 (released Aug 25, 2016, 32 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 2.9.0, is not affected.

### [CVE-2016-2174](https://cve.now/CVE-2016-2174): SQL injection vulnerability in the policy admin tool in Apache Ranger before 0.5.3 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute…

- Severity: Unrated
- Published: Jun 13, 2016
- Affected: fixed in 0.5.3.
- Fixed in 0.6.0 (released Jul 19, 2016, 36 days after disclosure, the advisory names 0.5.3, which was never published).
- The latest release, 2.9.0, is not affected.

### [CVE-2016-0733](https://cve.now/CVE-2016-0733): The Admin UI in Apache Ranger before 0.5.1 does not properly handle authentication requests that lack a password, which allows remote…

- Severity: Unrated
- Published: Apr 12, 2016
- Affected: fixed in 0.5.1.
- Fixed in 0.6.0 (released Jul 19, 2016, 98 days after disclosure, the advisory names 0.5.1, which was never published).
- The latest release, 2.9.0, is not affected.

### [CVE-2015-5167](https://cve.now/CVE-2015-5167): The Policy Admin Tool in Apache Ranger before 0.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via the REST…

- Severity: Unrated
- Published: Apr 12, 2016
- Affected: fixed in 0.5.1.
- Fixed in 0.6.0 (released Jul 19, 2016, 98 days after disclosure, the advisory names 0.5.1, which was never published).
- The latest release, 2.9.0, is not affected.

### [CVE-2016-0735](https://cve.now/CVE-2016-0735): Apache Ranger 0.5.x before 0.5.2 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended parent resource-level access restrictions by…

- Severity: Unrated
- Published: Apr 11, 2016
- Affected: from 0.5.0, fixed in 0.5.2.
- Fixed in 0.6.0 (released Jul 19, 2016, 99 days after disclosure, the advisory names 0.5.2, which was never published).
- The latest release, 2.9.0, is not affected.

### [CVE-2015-0266](https://cve.now/CVE-2015-0266): The Policy Admin Tool in Apache Ranger before 0.5.0 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via direct…

- Severity: Unrated
- Published: Apr 11, 2016
- Affected: fixed in 0.5.0.
- Fixed in 0.6.0 (released Jul 19, 2016, 99 days after disclosure, the advisory names 0.5.0, which was never published).
- The latest release, 2.9.0, is not affected.

### [CVE-2015-0265](https://cve.now/CVE-2015-0265): Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Policy Admin Tool in Apache Ranger before 0.5.0 allows remote attackers to inject…

- Severity: Unrated
- Published: Apr 11, 2016
- Affected: fixed in 0.5.0.
- Fixed in 0.6.0 (released Jul 19, 2016, 99 days after disclosure, the advisory names 0.5.0, which was never published).
- The latest release, 2.9.0, is not affected.

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