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CVE-2016-7797

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7797 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Pacemaker versions prior to 1.1.15, specifically impacting its remote functionality. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw to cause a node disconnection, affecting products from vendors like clusterlabs, openSUSE, Red Hat, and SUSE. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no user interaction, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.1.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clusterlabs:pacemaker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_high_availability:12:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

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:N/A:H

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0325 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 51,455 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: pacemaker-0:1.1.15-11.el7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-7797Moderate

pacemaker: pacemaker remote nodes vulnerable to hijacking, resulting in a DoS attack

Feb 22, 2016

References

bugs.clusterlabs.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-11/msg00038.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00077.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2578.html
Third Party Advisory
github.com / ClusterLabs/pacemaker/commit/5ec24a2642bd0854b884d1a9b51d12371373b410
PatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/10/01/1
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93261
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry