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CVE-2016-4474

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CVE-2016-4474 describes a critical vulnerability in Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) and 7.0 (Kilo) director overcloud images, where a default root password of "ROOTPW" is hardcoded. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers on the adjacent network to gain full administrative access to affected systems. With a CVSS v3 score of 8.8 (High), successful exploitation could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
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
0.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
54.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0085 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 1,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 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 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: OpenStack 7.0 Director for RHEL 7Fixed in: overcloud-full
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) directorFixed in: rhosp-director-images-0:8.0-20160603.2.el7ost
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka)Fixed in: overcloud-full

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-4474Important

overcloud-full: Default root password set

Jun 13, 2016

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1222.html
Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / security/vulnerabilities/2359821
Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1223.html
Vendor Advisory