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CVE-2016-7404

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7404 describes a critical vulnerability in OpenStack Magnum where OpenStack credentials, intended for SSL certificate retrieval, are passed into Heat templates, granting full API access to instances. This allows unauthorized users to perform any API operation they are authorized to execute, leading to a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:magnum:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0187 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: openstack-magnumFixed in: 5.0.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-793v-r35j-9rp9critical

Openstack Magnum Unsafe Credential Handling

May 24, 2022

References

bugs.launchpad.net / magnum/+bug/1620536
Broken LinkIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.suse.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
opendev.org / openstack/magnum/commit/0bb0d6486d6771ee21bbf897a091b1aa59e01b22
PatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/98467
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry