What is CVE-2016-3108?

CVE-2016-3108 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pulpproject Pulp, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2017-06-08.

How severe is CVE-2016-3108?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Pulpproject Pulp

CVE-2016-3108

The pulp-gen-nodes-certificate script in Pulp before 2.8.3 allows local users to leak the keys or write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Published 2017-06-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (15.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 16th percentile — 15.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Pulpproject Pulp

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi (Issue Tracking)
github.com/pulp/pulp/pull/2528 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016:1501 (vendor-advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
pulp.plan.io/issues/1830 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/20/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3108?: CVE-2016-3108 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pulpproject Pulp, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2017-06-08.
How severe is CVE-2016-3108?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.