What is CVE-2016-0735?

CVE-2016-0735 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Ranger, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-04-11.

How severe is CVE-2016-0735?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apache Ranger

CVE-2016-0735

Apache Ranger 0.5.x before 0.5.2 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended parent resource-level access restrictions by leveraging mishandling of a resource-level exclude policy.

Published 2016-04-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (75.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 75.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Ranger — versions 0.5.0, 0.5.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/ranger-dev/201603.mbox/<D31EE434.14B879%vel@a… (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0735?: CVE-2016-0735 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Ranger, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-04-11.
How severe is CVE-2016-0735?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.