TI-2016-01984 Aliases CVE-2016-2174 GHSA-4rjf-mxfm-98h5

SQL injection vulnerability in the policy admin tool in Apache Ranger before 0.5.3 allows…

LOW 35CWE-89Published 2016-06-13 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: High
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: SQL injection
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-89.

Summary

SQL injection vulnerability in the policy admin tool in Apache Ranger before 0.5.3 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the eventTime parameter to service/plugins/policies/eventTime.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01884 79th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed org.apache.ranger:ranger (Maven): 0.5.3

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	org.apache.ranger:ranger (Maven)	before 0.5.3	0.5.3	Patch available	GHSA-4rjf-mxfm-98h5

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
org.apache.ranger:ranger (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 0.5.3 Fixed in 0.5.3 Patch available GHSA-4rjf-mxfm-98h5

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:ranger:0.5.0:::::::*	0.5.0	Vulnerable	Apache
cpe:2.3:a:apache:ranger:0.5.1:::::::*	0.5.1	Vulnerable	Apache
cpe:2.3:a:apache:ranger:0.5.2:::::::*	0.5.2	Vulnerable	Apache

cpe:2.3:a:apache:ranger:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.5.0 Vulnerable ·Apache
cpe:2.3:a:apache:ranger:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.5.1 Vulnerable ·Apache
cpe:2.3:a:apache:ranger:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.5.2 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-4rjf-mxfm-98h5 org.apache.ranger:ranger (Maven) Fixed in 0.5.3 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-2174
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4rjf-mxfm-98h5

References

Advisory 2

Other 2

TI-2026-22888 Apache Ranger: OS Command Injection via Username in UnixUserGroupBuilder CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2025-36701 Apache Ranger: Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in NashornScriptEngineCreator CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-40283 Apache Ranger: Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in GraalScriptEngineCreator CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-32358 Apache Ranger: Remote Code Execution via Arbitrary Class Instantiation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-30817 Apache Ranger: Remote Code Execution via JDBC URL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-29575 Apache Ranger: Privilege Escalation via URL Parameter CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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