CVE-2015-8960

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

1.95% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 78.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-09-21 01:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 08:36Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-09-20

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-295Improper Certificate ValidationBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

59a8c2e12a58b7c42274acaa7494062b7fe8bdc4354ccfdb5244794deddad9ed

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• twitter.comhttp://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/statuses/630908726950674433x_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com93071http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93071vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180626-0002/x_refsource_CONFIRM
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• kcitls.orghttps://kcitls.orgx_refsource_MISC