TI-2018-11966 Aliases CVE-2018-16716 GHSA-pcqx-g45m-pmqh

A path traversal vulnerability exists in viewcgi.c in the 2.0.7 through 2.2.26 legacy…

MEDIUM 50CWE-22Published 2019-05-02 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

A path traversal vulnerability exists in viewcgi.c in the 2.0.7 through 2.2.26 legacy versions of the NCBI ToolBox, which may result in reading of arbitrary files (i.e., significant information disclosure) or file deletion via the nph-viewgif.cgi query string.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0857 95th 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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:nih:ncbi_toolbox::::::::	2.0.7 – 2.2.26	Vulnerable	NIH

cpe:2.3:a:nih:ncbi_toolbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.7 – 2.2.26 Vulnerable ·NIH

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-16716
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pcqx-g45m-pmqh
2026-10-16 EPSS moved to the 95th–99th percentile

References

Advisory 1

https://github.com/grymer/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2018-16716.md

TI-2018-11967 A heap-based buffer overflow exists in nph-viewgif.cgi in the 2.0.7 through 2.2.26 legacy versions of the NCBI ToolBox. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2018-11968 An XSS vulnerability exists in wwwblast.c in the 2.0.7 through 2.2.26 legacy versions of… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1

Sources

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