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.

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

EPSS: 0.004 (30.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Ibm Sterling_secure_proxy — versions 3.4.2.0, 3.4.3.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

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.