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 knowledge of this key from another installation.
Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (58.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Pivotal Software Operations Manager — versions 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- pivotal.io/security/pcf-ops-manager-weak-authentication-scheme (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.