CVE-2016-7794

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

3.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 88.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

2017-01-19 20:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:04Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-09-09

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar

Data version

5.1

Document digest

0932ce15776f844fb84a4c227e6d839de365bab92cea9f6fb3baf73e9a4d4d38

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160930 Re: git-hub: missing sanitization of data received from GitHubhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/30/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.securityfocus.com93249http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93249vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• github.comhttps://github.com/sociomantic-tsunami/git-hub/issues/197x_refsource_CONFIRM