Security advisory

{
  "id": "59d08584436574e1144a78df767180e92c5891e59ea09f9ec0ecdcc956647d48",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6807",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-6807",
    "summary": "Custom commands may be executed on Ambari Agent (2.4.x, before 2.4.2) hosts without authorization, leading to unauthorized access to operations that may affect the underlying system. Such operations are invoked by the Ambari Agent process on Ambari Agent hosts, as the user executing the Ambari Agent process.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-6807",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-6807",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-6807",
        "GHSA-j76q-99x2-v7vq"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/apache/ambari",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "3689a8db02a2dbb7814490a0aba20e7de3771c0e"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "8f1b8c5f7275d39508ffb2a0fd60b7592447f863"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:ambari:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.4.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.4.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:ambari:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.4.1"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.4.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.4.0",
            "2.4.1",
            "release-2.4.1-rc1",
            "release-2.4.1",
            "release-2.4.1-rc0",
            "release-2.4.0-rc0",
            "release-2.4.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6807.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:42.379407250Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AMBARI/Ambari+Vulnerabilities#AmbariVulnerabilities-FixedinAmbari2.4.2"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-6807",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 435361,
  "published_at": "2017-03-28T20:59:00.17+00:00"
}