Advisory record · GHSA-6qc3-v8fv-fv9j

Apache Ranger has a Command Injection vulnerability

CVSS 9.8 CriticalCriticalEPSS 0.026 · 85th percentile

Critical, because:

  • CVSS score 9.8: 9.0 or more.

How we decide what’s critical

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 10 Aug 2026, 12:31 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
org.apache.ranger:rangerMaven>=0.6.0, <=2.8.0No fixed version yet
Identifiers
GHSA-6qc3-v8fv-fv9j · CVE-2026-28672
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-77
Published
10 Aug 2026
Updated
2 Sept 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Apache Ranger (org.apache.ranger:ranger) versions 0.6.0 through 2.8.0 are affected by a command injection vulnerability, caused by improper neutralization of special elements in commands. The source gives few details about the attack conditions or what an attacker can do. No fix is listed.

Written 2 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
9.8 Critical 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H GitHub Advisory Database
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.026, the 85th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:18 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:18 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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