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TI-2016-05171 Aliases CVE-2016-5988GHSA-hv65-hmj5-p9wh

Information disclosure in IBM Privileged Identity Manager

Priority LOW 31CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

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

Summary

IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance could disclose sensitive information in generated error messages that would be available to an authenticated user.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00988 62nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
IBMPrivileged Identity Manager1.0.1; 1.0.1.1; 2.0.0; 2.0.1; 2.0.2; 2.1.0—No fix listedCNA
  • Privileged Identity Manager VendorIBM Affected 1.0.1; 1.0.1.1; 2.0.0; 2.0.1; 2.0.2; 2.1.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_privileged_identity_manager:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.2VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_privileged_identity_manager:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1VulnerableIBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_privileged_identity_manager:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.2 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_privileged_identity_manager:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1 Vulnerable ·IBM

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-5988
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hv65-hmj5-p9wh

References

Patch 1

  • TI-2016-05151 Improper access control in IBM Privileged Identity Manager CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-01459 Improper input validation in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2017-01143 Command injection in IBM Security Identity Manager CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2018-01444 Path traversal in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.7
  • TI-2017-01193 Missing authentication in IBM Security Identity Manager CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2018-01446 Cross-site request forgery in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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