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TI-2016-03847 Aliases CVE-2016-4474GHSA-pgc6-fg9r-vjj4

The image build process for the overcloud images in Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0…

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 2 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

The image build process for the overcloud images in Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) director and Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) director (aka overcloud-full) use a default root password of ROOTPW, which allows attackers to gain access via unspecified vectors.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00846 58th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 2 fixed, 1 without a fix

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:openstack:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2016:1223 Released 2016-06-13 · Red Hat rating Important
    rhosp-director-images security and bug fix update
    • OpenStack 7.0 Director for RHEL 7
  • RHSA-2016:1222 Released 2016-06-13 · Red Hat rating Important
    rhosp-director-images security and bug fix update
    • OpenStack 8.0 Director for RHEL 7 rhosp-director-images-8.0-20160603.2.el7ost, rhosp-director-images-ipa-8.0-20160603.2.el7ost

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka)AffectedNo fix yet
OpenStack 7.0 Director for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2016:1223
OpenStack 8.0 Director for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2016:1222

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-4474
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pgc6-fg9r-vjj4

References

Advisory 3

  • TI-2016-05707 Oracle MySQL through 5.5.52, 5.6.x through 5.6.33, and 5.7.x through 5.7.15; MariaDB… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-07980 Memory Corruption was discovered in the cmsgpack library in the Lua subsystem in Redis… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-07599 Apache HTTP Server versions 2.4.20 to 2.4.43. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-06950 Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a settings flood, potentially leading to a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2018-15768 Memcached version 1.5.5 contains an Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-06949 Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a reset flood, potentially leading to a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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