What is CVE-2026-44416?

CVE-2026-44416 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apache Ranger, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-08-10.

How severe is CVE-2026-44416?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in Apache Ranger

CVE-2026-44416

Remote Code Execution via Arbitrary Class Instantiation in plugin-schema-registry component in Apache Ranger <= 2.8.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.9.0, which fixes this issue.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published 2026-08-10 · last modified 2026-08-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (50.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-24.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 50.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Ranger
Apache Software Foundation Ranger — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

lists.apache.org/thread/2gqssqhwkzbpd8jx8q6986cwldr7qkdn (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-44416?: CVE-2026-44416 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apache Ranger, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-08-10.
How severe is CVE-2026-44416?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.