What is CVE-2016-1000282?

CVE-2016-1000282 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Haraka Project, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-02-05.

How severe is CVE-2016-1000282?

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

Is CVE-2016-1000282 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Haraka Project

CVE-2016-1000282

Haraka version 2.8.8 and earlier comes with a plugin for processing attachments for zip files. Versions 2.8.8 and earlier can be vulnerable to command injection.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2019-02-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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: 0.135 (96.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.134 · newest: 0.135 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Haraka Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/outflanknl/Exploits/blob/master/harakiri-CVE-2016-1000282.py (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1000282?: CVE-2016-1000282 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Haraka Project, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-02-05.
How severe is CVE-2016-1000282?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-1000282 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.