What is CVE-2016-2268?

CVE-2016-2268 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Secureworks, classified under Cryptographic Issues. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2016-02-08.

How severe is CVE-2016-2268?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Dell Secureworks

CVE-2016-2268

Dell SecureWorks app before 2.1 for iOS does not validate SSL certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

Published 2016-02-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 55.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Dell Secureworks — versions 2.0.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-310 — Cryptographic Issues

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2268?: CVE-2016-2268 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Secureworks, classified under Cryptographic Issues. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2016-02-08.
How severe is CVE-2016-2268?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.