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CVE-2016-5390

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5390 is a medium-severity information disclosure vulnerability affecting Foreman versions before 1.11.4 and 1.12.1. Authenticated users with specific host viewing permissions can exploit this flaw by making API requests to retrieve sensitive network interface details. The attack requires low privileges and high attack complexity, but can lead to a high impact on confidentiality. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.11.0, < 1.11.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:theforeman:foreman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.12.0, < 1.12.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:theforeman:foreman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0131 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 1,428 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 Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-5390Low

foreman: Access to API routes beneath hosts is not filtered for users with view_host permission

Jul 12, 2016

References

projects.theforeman.org / issues/15653
PatchVendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
theforeman.org / security.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/91770
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry