CVE-2016-8731

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

2.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 84.3% 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:3.1/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

2017-06-21 19:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:27Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-10-17

Assigning CNA

talos

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-798Use of Hard-coded CredentialsBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

72066f463e7f32a7b7883a50183b641df3b34c1e2281f2fb4e37d7e666cfb169

• www.securityfocus.com99193http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99193vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.talosintelligence.comhttps://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0245x_refsource_MISC