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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2025-59060 json

Apache Ranger: Hostname verification bypass in NiFiRegistryClient

published 2026-03-03 8 mo ago modified 2026-08-24 2 mo ago also EUVD-2025-208229 , GHSA-5fvg-qwcp-r325

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 43%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Hostname verification bypass issue in Apache Ranger NiFiRegistryClient is reported in Apache Ranger versions <= 2.7.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.8.0, which fixes this issue.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.ranger:ranger-nifi-registry-plugin 2.8.0
  • apache ranger 2.8.0
  • org.apache.ranger ranger-nifi-registry-plugin 2.8.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
8 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.ranger:ranger-nifi-registry-plugin
<2.8.0
2.8.0

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Ranger

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-297 Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.