Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-59060

Medium

Published: 03 March 2026

Published
03 March 2026
Modified
05 March 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0010 28.1th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-59060 is a medium-severity Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch (CWE-297) vulnerability in Apache Ranger. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 28.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Hostname verification bypass issue in Apache Ranger NiFiRegistryClient/NiFiClient is reported in Apache Ranger versions <= 2.7.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.8.0, which fixes this issue.

CWE(s)
CWE-297

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

apache
ranger
≤ 2.8.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SC-17 Public Key Infrastructure Certificates
addresses: CWE-297

Approved PKI issuance and trust stores enforce full certificate validation steps including name/hostname checks.

References