CVE-2016-9880 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting GemFire broker for Cloud Foundry versions 1.6.x before 1.6.5 and 1.7.x before 1.7.1. This flaw allows unauthenticated access to multiple API endpoints, potentially leading to full control over the managed cluster. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. 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, indicating awareness among security professionals.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.6.0, < 1.6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:gemfire_for_pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:gemfire_for_pivotal_cloud_foundry:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.