What is CVE-2016-1986?

CVE-2016-1986 is a critical-severity vulnerability in HP Continuous Delivery Automation, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-02-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-1986?

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

Is CVE-2016-1986 known to be exploited?

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

RCE in HP Continuous Delivery Automation

CVE-2016-1986

HP Continuous Delivery Automation (CDA) 1.30 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)

EPSS: 0.045 (90.5th 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

Hp Continuous_delivery_automation — versions 1.3.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1986?: CVE-2016-1986 is a critical-severity vulnerability in HP Continuous Delivery Automation, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-02-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-1986?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-1986 known to be exploited?: 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.