What is CVE-2016-3696?

CVE-2016-3696 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pulpproject Pulp, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-06-13.

How severe is CVE-2016-3696?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Pulpproject Pulp

CVE-2016-3696

The pulp-qpid-ssl-cfg script in Pulp before 2.8.5 allows local users to obtain the CA key.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-06-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (26.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 26.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Pulpproject Pulp
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 24

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

docs.pulpproject.org/user-guide/release-notes/2.8.x.html (Permissions Required)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336 (vendor-advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
pulp.plan.io/issues/1854 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3696?: CVE-2016-3696 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pulpproject Pulp, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-06-13.
How severe is CVE-2016-3696?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.