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TI-2016-01971 Aliases CVE-2016-2160

Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.2 and OpenShift Origin allow remote authenticated users to…

Priority MEDIUM 45CWE-264Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.2 and OpenShift Origin allow remote authenticated users to execute commands with root privileges by changing the root password in an sti builder image.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.04139 90th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_origin:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.2:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*3.2VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_origin:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.2:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 3.2 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2016:1064 Released 2016-05-12 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2 atomic-openshift-3.2.0.20-1.git.0.f44746c.el7, atomic-openshift-clients-3.2.0.20-1.git.0.f44746c.el7, atomic-openshift-clients-redistributable-3.2.0.20-1.git.0.f44746c.el7 +10

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2Fixed RHSA-2016:1064
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-2160

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2015-04472 The Fingerprints pages in Jenkins before 1.638 and LTS before 1.625.2 might allow remote… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2015-06239 Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.x; BPM Suite (BPMS) 6.x; BRMS 6.x and 5.x; Data Grid (JDG) 6.x; Data… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-04061 runc through 1.0-rc6, as used in Docker before 18.09.2 and other products, allows… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2016-00709 Multiple unspecified API endpoints in Jenkins before 1.650 and LTS before 1.642.2 allow… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-11209 Rsync: info leak via uninitialized stack contents CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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