What is CVE-2016-4443?

CVE-2016-4443 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-12-14.

How severe is CVE-2016-4443?

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

Information disclosure in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization

CVE-2016-4443

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) Manager 3.6 allows local users to obtain encryption keys, certificates, and other sensitive information by reading the engine-setup log file.

Published 2016-12-14 · 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: 0.002 (13.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 14th percentile — 13.5% 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

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization — versions 3.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-532 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/92751 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036863 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1929.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (VDB Entry, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4443?: CVE-2016-4443 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-12-14.
How severe is CVE-2016-4443?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.