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CVE-2018-11778
UnixAuthenticationService in Apache Ranger 1.2.0 was updated to correctly handle user input to avoid Stack-based buffer overflow. Versions…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 4.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
UnixAuthenticationService in Apache Ranger 1.2.0 was updated to correctly handle user input to avoid Stack-based buffer overflow. Versions prior to 1.2.0 should be upgraded to 1.2.0
Timeline
ID reserved
By apache
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.0% · top 9.3% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Ranger
- affected prior to 1.2.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.ranger:rangerGHSA-c99h-fgqm-6679 (opens in a new tab)
References
References4
- https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20181004 CVE update - fixed in Apache Ranger 1.2.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [ranger-dev] 20200121 [jira] [Resolved] (RANGER-2681) CVE-2019-12397: Apache Ranger cross site scripting issue (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [ranger-dev] 20200121 [jira] [Commented] (RANGER-2681) CVE-2019-12397: Apache Ranger cross site scripting issue (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-0573 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-c99h-fgqm-6679 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2018-11778)Record last updated .