What is CVE-2016-0206?

CVE-2016-0206 is a low-severity vulnerability in IBM Cloud Orchestrator, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2017-02-08.

How severe is CVE-2016-0206?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.

Improper input validation in IBM Cloud Orchestrator

CVE-2016-0206

IBM Cloud Orchestrator could allow a local authenticated attacker to cause the server to slow down for a short period of time by using a specially crafted and malformed URL.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2017-02-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (20.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 20.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Cloud Orchestrator — versions 2.3, 2.3.0.1, 2.4
IBM Corporation Cloud Orchestrator — versions 2.5.0.2, 2.2, 2.4.0.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/94656 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0206?: CVE-2016-0206 is a low-severity vulnerability in IBM Cloud Orchestrator, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2017-02-08.
How severe is CVE-2016-0206?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.