What is CVE-2016-1985?

CVE-2016-1985 is a critical-severity vulnerability in HP Operations Manager, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2016-01-30.

How severe is CVE-2016-1985?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-1985 known to be exploited?

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

RCE in HP Operations Manager

CVE-2016-1985

HPE Operations Manager 8.x and 9.0 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted serialized Java object, related to the Apache Commons Collections library.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published 2016-01-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 10.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.066 (93.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-31.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.066 · newest: 0.066 · change: 0.000

Affected products

HP Operations Manager — versions 8.1, 8.10, 8.16
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/82259 (vdb-entry)
h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1985?: CVE-2016-1985 is a critical-severity vulnerability in HP Operations Manager, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2016-01-30.
How severe is CVE-2016-1985?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-1985 known to be exploited?: 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.