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CVE-2016-5409

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CVE-2016-5409 describes a vulnerability in Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 where the GEARID cookie lacks the HTTPOnly flag. This omission allows remote attackers to potentially access sensitive information through client-side scripts. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that could lead to high confidentiality impact. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
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 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0131 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (1)

redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: Security

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-5409Low

OSE 2 cookie does not set httponly

Jul 8, 2016

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
securityfocus.com / bid/97988