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CVE-2016-5986

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5986 is a high-severity information disclosure vulnerability affecting multiple versions of IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) and Liberty. The flaw, rated 7.5 CVSSv3, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information due to mishandled responses, requiring no user interaction or privileges. Despite its severity, there is no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it is not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, and it has received negligible community discussion or media coverage, suggesting low active exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:7.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:7.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:7.0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:7.0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0242 is in the 69th 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Not Applicable
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93013
securitytracker.com / id/1036838