cfme: Incorrect sanitization in regular expression engine
Published Oct 7, 2016
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.26%
Description
Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 4.1 does not properly handle regular expressions passed to the expression engine via the JSON API and the web-based UI, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary shell commands by leveraging the ability to view and filter collections.
Affected products
No data.
- 4.1
No data.
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6
cfme-0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1996
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6
cfme-appliance-0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1996
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6
cfme-gemset-0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1996
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6
rh-ruby22-rubygem-nokogiri-0:1.6.8-1.el7cf
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1996
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6
rh-ruby22-rubygem-pkg-config-0:1.1.7-1.el7cf
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1996
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6
rh-ruby22-rubygem-thin-0:1.7.0-1.el7cf
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1996
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| CloudForms Management Engine 5.6 | cfme-0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1996 |
| CloudForms Management Engine 5.6 | cfme-appliance-0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1996 |
| CloudForms Management Engine 5.6 | cfme-gemset-0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1996 |
| CloudForms Management Engine 5.6 | rh-ruby22-rubygem-nokogiri-0:1.6.8-1.el7cf | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1996 |
| CloudForms Management Engine 5.6 | rh-ruby22-rubygem-pkg-config-0:1.1.7-1.el7cf | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1996 |
| CloudForms Management Engine 5.6 | rh-ruby22-rubygem-thin-0:1.7.0-1.el7cf | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1996 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.26% (0.02256) | 82.33th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.26% (0.02256) | 80.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.64% (0.00641) | 68.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.36% (0.00362) | 73.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 21, 2024 | 0.36% (0.00362) | 72.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.35% (0.00351) | 71.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.35% (0.00351) | 67.36th | 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) |
References (6)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1996.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATMitigationVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93893 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7040 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375089 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7040
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7040
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1996.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATMitigationVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93893 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7040 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375089 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7040 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7040 |
Change history (0)
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