What is CVE-2016-5971?

CVE-2016-5971 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2016-09-26.

How severe is CVE-2016-5971?

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

XXE in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance

CVE-2016-5971

IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (ISPIM) Virtual Appliance 2.x before 2.0.2 FP8 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2016-09-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

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

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93081 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5971?: CVE-2016-5971 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2016-09-26.
How severe is CVE-2016-5971?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.