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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.