THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-7676
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2017-7676

Ranger vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
4.2%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
Policy resource matcher in Apache Ranger before 0.7.1 ignores characters after '*' wildcard character - like my*test, test*.txt. This can result in unintended behavior.
Affected vendor
Apache
Affected product
Ranger
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2017-06-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-7676

  • Confirm whether Apache Ranger is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-7676.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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