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

Published 2018-03-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (80.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

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 Cloud Foundry — versions 1.7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-9880 (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96146 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

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.