CVE-2026-40920: ranger before 2.9.0 (exclusive); +1 more affected products

CVE-2026-40920. CVSS 3.1 base score 9.8 (CRITICAL, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00732 (percentile 0.53779), scored 22-Oct-2026.

Affected technology

ranger · before 2.9.0 (exclusive)
apache

Apache Ranger · 0 through 2.8.0
Apache Software Foundation

Description’s affected range: versions <= 2.8.0

Component: Not specified by the source

Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Network (remote) · No privileges required · No user interaction required

What an attacker can do

Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 9.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.

Published 24-Oct-2026 01:43 UTC

CWE: CWE-20, CWE-269, CWE-287
CCR priority: 39.4 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Source advisory
EPSS: 0.00732 · percentile 0.53779 · 2026-10-22
KEV: no

Provenance

NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-24 01:40:49.068977+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-40920.html