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CVE-2016-9185

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9185 describes a vulnerability in OpenStack Heat, affecting versions up to 5.0.3, 6.0.0 to 6.1.0, and 7.0.0. An authenticated user can exploit this by launching a new Heat stack with a local URL, leading to network discovery and exposure of internal network configurations. Rated 4.3 MEDIUM, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires user authentication, but does not impact integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:heat:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:heat:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:heat:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:heat:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0154 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 21,924 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, 0.0 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7Fixed in: openstack-heat-0:2015.1.4-3.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty)Fixed in: openstack-heat-1:5.0.3-2.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 (Mitaka)Fixed in: openstack-heat-1:6.1.0-3.el7ost
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)Fixed in: openstack-heat
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno)Fixed in: openstack-heat

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-9185Low

openstack-heat: Template source URL allows network port scan

Nov 3, 2016

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1450
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1456
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1464
bugs.launchpad.net / ossa/+bug/1606500
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94205
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry