What is CVE-2016-2160?

CVE-2016-2160 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Openshift, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-06-08.

How severe is CVE-2016-2160?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Red Hat Openshift

CVE-2016-2160

Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.2 and OpenShift Origin allow remote authenticated users to execute commands with root privileges by changing the root password in an sti builder image.

Published 2016-06-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.041 (90.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.041 · newest: 0.041 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Red Hat Openshift — versions 3.2
Red Hat Openshift Origin

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

github.com/openshift/origin/pull/7864 (Patch)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1064 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2160?: CVE-2016-2160 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Openshift, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-06-08.
How severe is CVE-2016-2160?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.