What is CVE-2016-8939?

CVE-2016-8939 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-06-07.

How severe is CVE-2016-8939?

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

Information disclosure in IBM Spectrum Protect

CVE-2016-8939

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1) clients/agents store password information in the Windows Registry in a manner which can be compromised. IBM X-Force ID: 118790.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-06-07 · 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: 0.004 (28.7th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 28.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

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

Affected products

IBM Spectrum Protect — versions 8.1, 7.1
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager — versions 6.1, 6.1.0, 6.1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

improsec.com/blog/vulnerability-in-tsm
www.securitytracker.com/id/1038607 (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/98783 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118790 (VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8939?: CVE-2016-8939 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-06-07.
How severe is CVE-2016-8939?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.