What is CVE-2016-2865?

CVE-2016-2865 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-07-15.

How severe is CVE-2016-2865?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management

CVE-2016-2865

The GIT Integration component in IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC) 5.x before 5.0.2 iFix14 and 6.x before 6.0.1 iFix5 and Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management 5.x before 5.0.2 iFix14 and 6.x before 6.0.1 iFix5 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information via a malformed request.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2016-07-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management — versions 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2
IBM Rational Team Concert — versions 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/91680 (vdb-entry)
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2865?: CVE-2016-2865 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-07-15.
How severe is CVE-2016-2865?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.