Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 28, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2016-6807

Description

Custom commands may be executed on Ambari Agent (2.4.x, before 2.4.2) hosts without authorization, leading to unauthorized access to operations that may affect the underlying system. Such operations are invoked by the Ambari Agent process on Ambari Agent hosts, as the user executing the Ambari Agent process.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.apache.ambari:ambariMaven	>= 2.4.0, < 2.4.2	2.4.2

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation/Apache Ambariv5
Range: 2.4.x before 2.4.2

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/97184nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AMBARI/Ambari+VulnerabilitiesnvdRelease NotesVendor AdvisoryWEB
github.com/advisories/GHSA-j76q-99x2-v7vqghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6807ghsaADVISORY
web.archive.org/web/20200227181557/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97184ghsaWEB

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