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TI-2016-05427 Aliases CVE-2016-6338GHSA-w4h4-7mqm-9j6c

ovirt-engine-webadmin, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (aka RHEV-M)…

Priority LOW 31CWE-284Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Physical
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-284.

Summary

ovirt-engine-webadmin, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (aka RHEV-M) for Servers and RHEV-M 4.0, allows physically proximate attackers to bypass a webadmin session timeout restriction via vectors related to UI selections, which trigger repeating queries.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00519 44th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 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 · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2017:3427 Released 2017-12-12 · Red Hat rating Low
    org.ovirt.engine-root security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Virtualization Manager 4.1 ovirt-engine-4.1.8.2-0.1.el7, ovirt-engine-backend-4.1.8.2-0.1.el7, ovirt-engine-dbscripts-4.1.8.2-0.1.el7 +17

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Virtualization Manager 4.1Fixed RHSA-2017:3427

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-6338
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w4h4-7mqm-9j6c

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

  • TI-2018-01029 Command injection in Red Hat dhcp CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2015-03047 The Floppy Disk Controller (FDC) in QEMU, as used in Xen 4.5.x and earlier and KVM… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.7
  • TI-2008-03372 Buffer overflow in the jas_stream_printf function in libjasper/base/jas_stream.c in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2013-01398 Stack-based buffer overflow in libpixman, as used in Pale Moon before 15.4 and possibly… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-01035 Sensitive information in log files in [UNKNOWN] ovirt-ansible-roles CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-00994 Information disclosure in ovirt-engine CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.7
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Sources

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