High severity7.2NVD Advisory· Published Jun 13, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-2174

Description

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.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.apache.ranger:rangerMaven	< 0.5.3	0.5.3

Patches

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References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-4rjf-mxfm-98h5ghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2174ghsaADVISORY
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/01/3nvdWEB
cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+RangernvdWEB

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