Predictive Vulnerability Intelligence.

Product

  • Product
  • Pricing
  • Documentation

Company

  • About
  • Partnerships
  • Blog
  • Support

Legal

  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Data Licensing

© 2026 FAUCET Technologies LLC. All rights reserved.

CVE-2016-2861

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2861 is a low-severity vulnerability affecting IBM WebSphere eXtreme Scale versions 7.1.0 before 7.1.0.3, 7.1.1 before 7.1.1.1, 8.5 before 8.5.0.3, and 8.6 before 8.6.0.8. The flaw stems from improper data encryption, allowing remote attackers to potentially intercept sensitive information via network sniffing. With a CVSS score of 3.7, the attack complexity is high, and the potential impact is limited to confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_extreme_scale:7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_extreme_scale:7.1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_extreme_scale:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_extreme_scale:8.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_extreme_scale:8.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

3.7LOW

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
60.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0105 is in the 41st percentile among its peer group of 1,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
PatchVendor Advisory