{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-40920 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-40920 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-40920 is a critical vulnerability in Apache Ranger, published on 10 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-40920 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-40920 is a critical vulnerability in Apache Ranger, published on 10 Aug 2026. \nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-40920 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Apache Ranger. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40920/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40920/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-40920","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40920/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-40920","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-8q3p-j6v6-5x63"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":"apache","cpe":[{"product":"ranger","vendor":"apache"}],"cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"critical","source":"cisa-adp","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-287","name":"Improper Authentication"},{"id":"CWE-269","name":"Improper Privilege Management"},{"id":"CWE-20","name":"Improper Input Validation"}],"description":"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Apache Ranger: Privilege Escalation via URL Parameter","id":"CVE-2026-40920","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":null,"year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"SiYuan has incomplete fix for CVE-2026-33066: XSS","id":"CVE-2026-40922"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Gimp: gimp: denial of service via specially crafted seattle filmworks file","id":"CVE-2026-40919"},"products":["Apache Ranger"],"published":"2026-08-10","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Apache Ranger: OS Command Injection via Username in UnixUserGroupBuilder","id":"CVE-2026-28672","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-10"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Apache Ranger: SQL Injection vulnerability in lookup functionality","id":"CVE-2026-32227","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-10"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Apache Ranger: Remote Code Execution via JDBC URL Injection","id":"CVE-2026-42537","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-10"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Apache Ranger: Remote Code Execution via Arbitrary Class Instantiation","id":"CVE-2026-44416","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-10"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Apache Ranger: Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in GraalScriptEngineCreator","id":"CVE-2026-55799","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-10"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Apache Ranger: Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in NashornScriptEngineCreator","id":"CVE-2025-59059","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-03-03"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-12","vendors":["Apache Software Foundation"]},"summary":null,"url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40920/"}