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CVE-2016-8520

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8520 describes an improper authorization vulnerability in HPE Helion Eucalyptus v4.3.0 and earlier, where the system fails to correctly validate IAM user permissions for versioned objects and Access Control Lists (ACLs). This flaw allows authenticated users with S3 permissions to access versioned data they should not be authorized to view. With a CVSS v3 score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability presents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor is exploit code publicly available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0138 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 17,808 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

support.hpe.com / hpsc/doc/public/display
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/95369
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry