CVE-2016-8746

CVE-2016-8746 affects Apache Ranger policy engine prior to version 0.6.3. The issue is a path-matching defect that occurs under recursive evaluation when policies do not contain wildcards, enablingmis-matches and potential security bypass. The vulnerability is scoped to the policy engine logic (n...

Spring Security / MVC Path Matching Inconsistency

Both Spring Security and the Spring Framework rely on URL pattern mappings for authorization and for mapping requests to controllers respectively. Differences in the strictness of the pattern matching mechanisms, for example with regards to space trimming in path segments, can lead Spring Securit...

SA-CONTRIB-2013-088 - Secure Pages - Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

The Secure Pages module manages redirects between HTTP and HTTPS pages. A flaw in the URL path matching could lead some pages and forms to be transmitted via plain HTTP, even if the administrator intended those pages to use HTTPS. This flaw may surface either due to a malicious user enticing a us...