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Vulnerability record · CVE-2016-7071 · published 10 September 2018

CVE-2016-7071: Redhat cloudforms management engine improper authorization vulnerability

Redhat · Cloudforms Management Engine

It was found that the CloudForms before 5.6.2.2, and 5.7.0.7 did not properly apply permissions controls to VM IDs passed by users. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary VMs on systems managed by CloudForms if they know the ID of the VM.

8.8 CVSS 3.0 High EPSS 2.2% · top 18.2% CWE-285 · Improper authorization
8.8CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 9.0
2.2%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

It was found that the CloudForms before 5.6.2.2, and 5.7.0.7 did not properly apply permissions controls to VM IDs passed by users. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary VMs on systems managed by CloudForms if they know the ID of the VM.

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-2016-2091.html Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7071 Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2091.html Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7071 Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2016-7071), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.