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CVE-2016-2021

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2021 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting HPE Systems Insight Manager (SIM) prior to version 7.5.1 and HP Matrix Operating Environment. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to access sensitive information or alter data through unspecified means. With a CVSS v3 score of 8.1, it presents a low-complexity network attack that can lead to high confidentiality and integrity impacts. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security professionals.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 7.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:matrix_operating_environment:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 7.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:systems_insight_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0314 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 17,822 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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 / hpsc/doc/public/display
Vendor Advisory
h20566.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
MitigationVendor Advisory
h20566.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
MitigationVendor Advisory