{"id":"CVE-2026-40920","summary":"Apache Ranger: Privilege Escalation via URL Parameter","details":"Privilege Escalation via URL Parameter is reported in Apache Ranger versions \u003c= 2.8.0.\n\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 2.9.0, which fixes this issue.","modified":"2026-08-19T03:48:12.977225311Z","published":"2026-08-10T10:25:49.563Z","database_specific":{"cwe_ids":["CWE-20","CWE-269","CWE-287"],"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/40xxx/CVE-2026-40920.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"extracted_events":[{"last_affected":"2.8.0"}],"source":"AFFECTED_FIELD"}],"cna_assigner":"apache"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/09/4"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/40xxx/CVE-2026-40920.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/zh92fob9gqp196rvz3x9t0d2fnq9g27d"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40920"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/apache/ranger","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0aad6958efb0bd40b1fcac28a7cab2837e80e20e"}],"database_specific":{"source":"CPE_RANGE","cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:apache:ranger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.9.0"}]}}],"versions":["release-2.9.0-rc3","release-2.9.0-rc2","release-2.9.0-rc1","release-2.9.0-rc0","release-ranger-2.8.0","release-2.8.0-rc1","release-2.8.0-rc0","release-ranger-2.7.0","release-2.7.0-rc0","release-ranger-2.6.0","release-2.6.0-rc0","release-ranger-2.5.0","release-2.5.0-rc4","release-2.5.0-rc3","release-2.5.0-rc2","release-2.5.0-rc1","release-2.5.0-rc0","release-ranger-2.4.0","release-2.4.0-rc2","release-2.4.0-rc1","release-2.4.0-rc0","release-ranger-2.3.0","release-2.3.0-rc3","release-2.3.0-rc2","release-2.3.0-rc1","release-2.3.0-rc0","release-ranger-2.2.0","release-2.2.0-rc2","release-2.2.0-rc1","release-2.2.0-rc0","release-ranger-2.1.0","release-2.1.0-rc0","ranger-0.6.0-rc1","ranger-0.4.0-rc0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-40920.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}