What is CVE-2016-3738?

CVE-2016-3738 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Openshift, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-06-08.

How severe is CVE-2016-3738?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Red Hat Openshift

CVE-2016-3738

Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.2 does not properly restrict access to STI builds, which allows remote authenticated users to access the Docker socket and gain privileges via vectors related to build-pod.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (80.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.020 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Red Hat Openshift — versions 3.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1094 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3738?: CVE-2016-3738 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Openshift, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-06-08.
How severe is CVE-2016-3738?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.