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TI-2016-06078 Aliases CVE-2016-7071GHSA-82ph-q482-5fhg

Improper authorization in Red Hat CFME

Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-285Published · 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 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-285.

Summary

It was found that the CloudForms before 5.6.2.2, and 5.7.0.7 did not properly apply permissions controls to VM IDs passed by users. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary VMs on systems managed by CloudForms if they know the ID of the VM.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02197 82nd 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
Red HatCFME5.6.2.2; 5.7.0.7—No fix listedCNA
  • CFME VendorRed Hat Affected 5.6.2.2; 5.7.0.7 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms_management_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 5.6.2.2; 5.7.0.0 to before 5.7.0.7VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms_management_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 5.6.2.2; 5.7.0.0 to before 5.7.0.7 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2016:2091 Released 2016-10-20 · Red Hat rating Important
    CFME 5.6.2.2 security, and bug fix update
    • CloudForms Management Engine 5.6 cfme-5.6.2.2-1.el7cf, cfme-appliance-5.6.2.2-1.el7cf, cfme-gemset-5.6.2.2-1.el7cf

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6Fixed RHSA-2016:2091

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-7071
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-82ph-q482-5fhg

References

Advisory 2

  • TI-2019-03828 Path traversal in Rails https://github.com/rails/rails KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2017-08592 The XML-RPC server in supervisor before 3.0.1, 3.1.x before 3.1.4, 3.2.x before 3.2.4… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2019-08480 jQuery before 3.4.0, as used in Drupal, Backdrop CMS, and other products, mishandles… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2018-05593 transport.py in the SSH server implementation of Paramiko before 1.17.6, 1.18.x before… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-02756 Path traversal in HackerOne Sprockets CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2018-00978 Improper input validation in postgresql CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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