What is CVE-2016-3034?

CVE-2016-3034 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Appscan Source, classified under Inadequate Encryption Strength. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2017-02-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-3034?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Security Appscan Source

CVE-2016-3034

IBM AppScan Source uses a one-way hash without salt to encrypt highly sensitive information, which could allow a local attacker to decrypt information more easily.

Published 2017-02-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (10.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 11th percentile — 10.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Security Appscan Source — versions 9.0.1, 9.0.2, 9.0.3
IBM Corporation Appscan Source — versions 9.0.3.2, 9.0.1, 8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-326 — Inadequate Encryption Strength

References

www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95195 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3034?: CVE-2016-3034 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Appscan Source, classified under Inadequate Encryption Strength. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2017-02-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-3034?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.