CVE-2016-9565

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

22.68% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 97.6% 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

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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

2016-12-15 22:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:50Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-11-22

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
• CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')Class

Data version

5.1

Document digest

dd81270d8a65aabeb24df91e0e028ef8c45edf35d16e0532e99c356f8d1601ed

• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201710-20https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.securityfocus.com20161215 Nagios Core < 4.2.2 Curl Command Injection leading to Remote Code Execution [CVE-2016-9565]http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539925/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• www.securitytracker.com1037488http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037488vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.securityfocus.com94922http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94922vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0258http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0258.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0212http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0212.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0213http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0213.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140169/Nagios-Core-Curl-Command-Injection-Code-Execution.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• seclists.org20161215 Nagios Core < 4.2.2 Curl Command Injection leading to Remote Code Execution [CVE-2016-9565]http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/57mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• www.exploit-db.com40920https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40920/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.nagios.orghttps://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201702-26https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0259http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0259.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• legalhackers.comhttps://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nagios-Exploit-Command-Injection-CVE-2016-9565-2008-4796.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0214http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0214.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0211http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0211.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT