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Vulnerability record · CVE-2016-5402 · published 31 October 2018

CVE-2016-5402: Redhat cloudforms code injection vulnerability

Redhat · Cloudforms

A code injection flaw was found in the way capacity and utilization imported control files are processed. A remote, authenticated attacker with access to the capacity and utilization feature could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code as the user CFME runs as.

8.8 CVSS 3.0 High EPSS 5.9% · top 7.0% CWE-94 · Code injection
8.8CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 9.0
5.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

A code injection flaw was found in the way capacity and utilization imported control files are processed. A remote, authenticated attacker with access to the capacity and utilization feature could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code as the user CFME runs as.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2839.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94612 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-5402 Issue Tracking
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2839.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94612 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-5402 Issue Tracking

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2016-5402), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.