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CVE-2016-7050

33
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7050 is a critical deserialization vulnerability in the SerializableProvider component of RESTEasy, affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop, HPC Node, Server, and Workstation versions 7. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by its CVSS score of 9.8. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0485 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: resteasy-base-0:3.0.6-4.el7
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-7050Important

RESTEasy: SerializableProvider enabled by default and deserializes untrusted data

Sep 23, 2016

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2604.html
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVDB EntryVendor Advisory