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CVE-2016-6595

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6595 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Docker's SwarmKit toolkit version 1.12.0. An authenticated attacker can prevent new nodes from joining a cluster by repeatedly joining and quitting, eventually exhausting manager memory. This issue carries a CVSSv3 score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and requiring low privileges, leading to high availability impact. Despite the vendor disputing its CVE worthiness, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0247 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 21,951 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 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: docker

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-6595Low

docker: DoS via repeatedly joining and quitting swarm cluster as a node

Jul 29, 2016

References

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/08/04/1
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/09/02/1
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/09/02/8
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/92195
securitytracker.com / id/1036548