What is CVE-2016-8940?

CVE-2016-8940 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-03-07.

How severe is CVE-2016-8940?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Information disclosure in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

CVE-2016-8940

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect) 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, and 7.1 does not perform sufficient authority checking on SQL queries. As a result, an attacker is able to submit SQL queries that access database tables that are not intended for access or use by administrators. The access of these product specific database tables may allow access to passwords or other sensitive information for the product. IBM Reference #: 1998946.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-03-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (61.0th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 61.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager — versions 6.1, 6.1.0, 6.1.1
IBM Corporation Tivoli Storage Manager — versions 5.1.1, 5.3.5.3, 5.3.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8940?: CVE-2016-8940 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-03-07.
How severe is CVE-2016-8940?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.