What is CVE-2016-5409?

CVE-2016-5409 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Openshift, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-20.

How severe is CVE-2016-5409?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Red Hat Openshift

CVE-2016-5409

Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 does not include the HTTPOnly flag in a Set-Cookie header for the GEARID cookie, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information via script access to the cookies.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-04-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 69.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Red Hat Openshift — versions 2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/97988 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5409?: CVE-2016-5409 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Openshift, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-20.
How severe is CVE-2016-5409?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.