What is CVE-2016-9880?

CVE-2016-9880 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dell Emc Gemfire Broker For Cloud Foundry, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-03-16.

How severe is CVE-2016-9880?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Dell Emc Gemfire Broker For Cloud Foundry

CVE-2016-9880

The GemFire broker for Cloud Foundry 1.6.x before 1.6.5 and 1.7.x before 1.7.1 has multiple API endpoints which do not require authentication and could be used to gain access to the cluster managed by the broker.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.022 (80.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Dell Emc Gemfire Broker For Cloud Foundry — versions 1.6.x versions prior to 1.6.5, 1.7.x versions prior to 1.7.1
Pivotal_software Gemfire_for_pivotal_cloud_foundry — versions 1.7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

security_alert@emc.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security_alert@emc.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9880?: CVE-2016-9880 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dell Emc Gemfire Broker For Cloud Foundry, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-03-16.
How severe is CVE-2016-9880?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.