What is CVE-2016-0883?

CVE-2016-0883 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pivotal_software Operations_manager, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-09-18.

How severe is CVE-2016-0883?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Pivotal_software Operations_manager

CVE-2016-0883

Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) Ops Manager before 1.5.14 and 1.6.x before 1.6.9 uses the same cookie-encryption key across different customers' installations, which allows remote attackers to bypass session authentication by leveraging knowle…

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.009 (54.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Pivotal_software Operations_manager — versions 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

security_alert@emc.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0883?: CVE-2016-0883 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pivotal_software Operations_manager, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2016-0883?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.