Vulnerability record · CVE-2016-10151 · published 1 March 2017

CVE-2016-10151: Hesiod project hesiod permissions and access controls vulnerability

HHesiod Project · Hesiod

The hesiod_init function in lib/hesiod.c in Hesiod 3.2.1 compares EUID with UID to determine whether to use configurations from environment variables, which allows local users to gain privileges via the (1) HESIOD_CONFIG or (2) HES_DOMAIN environment variable and leveraging certain SUID/SGUID binary.

7.0 CVSS 3.0 High EPSS 0.39% · top 69.4% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls

7.0CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 6.9

0.39%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

10References

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

HHesiod Hesiod Project

References

Link	Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/1	PatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90952
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332508	Issue Tracking
https://github.com/achernya/hesiod/pull/9	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-01
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/1	PatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90952
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332508	Issue Tracking
https://github.com/achernya/hesiod/pull/9	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-01

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2016-10151), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.