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CVE-2016-7075

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7075 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Kubernetes, specifically impacting Openshift Enterprise 3. The flaw stems from improper validation of X.509 client intermediate certificate hostname fields, allowing an attacker to craft a malicious certificate to bypass authentication. With a CVSS score of 8.1 (High), this vulnerability presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and relatively high attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.1:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.2:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.3:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

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:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0157 is in the 30th percentile among its peer group of 8,915 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2Fixed in: atomic-openshift-0:3.2.1.17-1.git.0.6d01b60.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.3Fixed in: atomic-openshift-0:3.3.0.35-1.git.0.d7bd9b6.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1Fixed in: atomic-openshift-0:3.1.1.8-1.git.0.d469026.el7aos
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-7075Important

3: API server does not validate client-provided intermediate certificates correctly

Oct 10, 2016

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:2064
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/34517
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory