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CVE-2016-1000107

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1000107, known as an "httpoxy" issue, affects Erlang/OTP versions possibly 22.1 and earlier. It stems from the inets module's adherence to RFC 3875, allowing untrusted client data in the HTTP_PROXY environment variable to redirect an application's outbound HTTP traffic. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, requiring user interaction (UI:R) to achieve partial confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 22.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:erlang:erlang\/otp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0143 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)Fixed in: erlang
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)Fixed in: erlang
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 15 (Stein)Fixed in: erlang
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16 (Train)Fixed in: erlang

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-1000107Moderate

erlang: allow remote attackers to redirect an application's outbound HTTP traffic to an arbitrary proxy serve

Dec 10, 2019

References

bugs.erlang.org / browse/ERL-198
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
httpoxy.org
Third Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2016-1000107
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/07/18/6
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory