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CVE-2016-1998

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1998 is a critical deserialization vulnerability affecting HPE Service Manager versions 9.3x before 9.35 P4 and 9.4x before 9.41.P2. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by submitting a specially crafted serialized Java object, leveraging a weakness in the Apache Commons Collections library. With a CVSS v3 score of 9.8, this vulnerability presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:service_manager:9.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:service_manager:9.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:service_manager:9.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:service_manager:9.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:service_manager:9.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0669 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

h20566.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
PatchVendor Advisory