CVE-2016-8716

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

0.83% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 54.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/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

2017-04-12 19:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:27Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-10-17

Assigning CNA

talos

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-640Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten PasswordBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

baff6bc1374023e79e2057bf9a7bb4568af8ef47e9d4f3d0f260e3a07b4ca0ef

• www.talosintelligence.comhttp://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0230x_refsource_MISC