CVE-2016-6898 — XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the Hyper Management Module (HMM) in Huawei E9000 rack servers with software before V100R001C00SPC296 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (web service outage) via a crafted XML document

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XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the Hyper Management Module (HMM) in Huawei E9000 rack servers with software before V100R001C00SPC296 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (web service outage) via a crafted XML document

Published Sep 7, 2016

6.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.83%

Description

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the Hyper Management Module (HMM) in Huawei E9000 rack servers with software before V100R001C00SPC296 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (web service outage) via a crafted XML document.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.83% 0.00826

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00826

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.83% (0.00826)	55.89th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.83% (0.00826)	52.49th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.17% (0.00173)	36.31th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.15% (0.00147)	52.19th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 20, 2024	0.15% (0.00147)	50.95th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.15% (0.00147)	48.91th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-284

References (2)

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160824-01-e9000-en
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92620
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160824-01-e9000-en		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92620		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 7, 2016

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Aug 22, 2016

Link CVE-2016-6898

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2016-6898

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2016-6898