CVE-2016-0733: Improper Authentication

October 17, 2018 (updated September 14, 2021)

The Admin UI in Apache Ranger before 0.5.1 does not properly handle authentication requests that lack a password, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by leveraging knowledge of a valid username.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-j84c-j8qm-g47r
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0733

Code Behaviors & Features

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