What is CVE-2016-8916?

CVE-2016-8916 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-05-05.

How severe is CVE-2016-8916?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

CVE-2016-8916

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.5, 6.1-6.4, and 7.1 stores password information in a log file that could be read by a local user when a set password command is issued. IBM X-Force ID: 118472.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-05-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (23.5th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 23.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager — versions 6.4.0.0, 6.4.1, 6.4.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/98335 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8916?: CVE-2016-8916 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-05-05.
How severe is CVE-2016-8916?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.