Information disclosure in IBM Sterling Secure Proxy

CVE-2016-6026

The Configuration Manager in IBM Sterling Secure Proxy (SSP) 3.4.2 before 3.4.2.0 iFix 8 and 3.4.3 before 3.4.3.0 iFix 1 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information via an HTTP method that is neither GET nor POST.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (29.3th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 29.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2016-6026: held from 0.004 to 0.004.

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

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6026?
CVE-2016-6026 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Sterling Secure Proxy, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-10-06.
How severe is CVE-2016-6026?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.