CVE•Published 2017-03-28•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-6807Apache · Ambari
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
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.
Timeline
Published 2017-03-28
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2016-6807Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Apache Ambari" version:"2.4.0"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Ambari"HTTP body or banner mentions "Ambari" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-6807Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-6807Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-6807Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-6807GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-6807" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.