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TI-2016-06051 Aliases CVE-2016-7040GHSA-7fr4-2q4f-xgw5

Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 4.1 does not properly handle regular expressions…

Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-284Published · 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-284.

Summary

Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 4.1 does not properly handle regular expressions passed to the expression engine via the JSON API and the web-based UI, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary shell commands by leveraging the ability to view and filter collections.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02256 83rd 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 · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms_management_engine:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms_management_engine:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2016:1996 Released 2016-10-04 · Red Hat rating Important
    CFME 4.1 bug fixes and enhancement update
    • CloudForms Management Engine 5.6 cfme-5.6.2.1-1.el7cf, cfme-appliance-5.6.2.1-1.el7cf, cfme-gemset-5.6.2.1-1.el7cf +4

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6Fixed RHSA-2016:1996

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-7040
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7fr4-2q4f-xgw5

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2013-01839 Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the AgentController in Red Hat CloudForms… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.4
  • TI-2013-01821 SQL injection vulnerability in the miq_policy controller in Red Hat CloudForms 2.0… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2016-04680 Code injection in [UNKNOWN] cfme CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2020-11195 OS command injection in CloudForms CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2019-11098 Improper input validation in [UNKNOWN] CloudForms CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
  • TI-2016-06078 Improper authorization in Red Hat CFME CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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