CVE-2016-4340

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

10.14% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 95.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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

2017-01-23 21:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 00:25Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-04-27

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-264

Data version

5.1

Document digest

1076d43f5c06bc37c779f5ace98aae981774b2da4a81929cf74694ff9c42e441

• about.gitlab.comhttps://about.gitlab.com/2016/05/02/cve-2016-4340-patches/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.exploit-db.com40236https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40236/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/15548x_refsource_CONFIRM
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138368/GitLab-Impersonate-Privilege-Escalation.htmlx_refsource_MISC