What is CVE-2016-6653?

CVE-2016-6653 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pivotal Software Cloud Foundry Cf MySQL, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-10-06.

How severe is CVE-2016-6653?

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

Information disclosure in Pivotal Software Cloud Foundry Cf MySQL

CVE-2016-6653

The MariaDB audit_plugin component in Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) cf-mysql-release 27 and 28 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading syslog messages, as demonstrated by cleartext credentials.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2016-10-06 · 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: 0.014 (70.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 70.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Pivotal Software Cloud Foundry Cf MySQL — versions 27.0, 28.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/93480 (vdb-entry)
pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-6653 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6653?: CVE-2016-6653 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pivotal Software Cloud Foundry Cf MySQL, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-10-06.
How severe is CVE-2016-6653?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.