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CVE-2016-3106

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3106 describes an insecure temporary directory creation during CA key generation in Pulp versions prior to 2.8.3. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), indicating a network-exploitable issue with low attack complexity, requiring no privileges or user interaction, and potentially leading to a loss of confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.8.2-1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pulpproject:pulp:2.8.2-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0094 is in the 36th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-3106Low

pulp: Insecure creation of temporary directory when generating new CA key

May 19, 2016

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
pulp.plan.io / issues/1827
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/04/18/11
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/05/20/1
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory