What is CVE-2016-9748?

CVE-2016-9748 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Rational Doors Next Generation, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2017-02-08.

How severe is CVE-2016-9748?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in IBM Rational Doors Next Generation

CVE-2016-9748

IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation 5.0 and 6.0 discloses sensitive information in error response messages that could be used for further attacks against the system.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-02-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (60.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 60.6% 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 Rational Doors Next Generation — versions 5.0, 5.0.0, 5.0.1
IBM Rational Requirements Composer — versions 4.0.7
IBM Corporation Rational Doors Next Generation — versions 4.0.2, 6.0.2, 4.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96074 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9748?: CVE-2016-9748 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Rational Doors Next Generation, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2017-02-08.
How severe is CVE-2016-9748?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.