oss-security - CVE-2026-40920: Apache Ranger: Privilege Escalation via URL Parameter

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Message-ID: <9e2fb697-dae0-6827-d388-54527afd2c5f@apache.org>
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2026 04:27:08 +0000
From: Velmurugan Periasamy <vel@...che.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: CVE-2026-40920: Apache Ranger: Privilege Escalation via URL
 Parameter 

Severity: important 

Affected versions:

- Apache Ranger through 2.8.0

Description:

Privilege Escalation via URL Parameter is reported in Apache Ranger versions <= 2.8.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version [FIXED_VERSION], which fixes this issue.

Credit:

Andrew Rukin (Arenadata) (finder)

References:

https://ranger.apache.org/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40920

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