CVE-2016-6345

RESTEasy allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging "insufficient use of random values" in async jobs.

Published: 2016-09-07 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-6345 is rated Moderate Risk (52.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.50%). EPSS rose +1.35% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-6345

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.15% 1.50% +1.35%
2 2025-03-30 0.48% 0.15% -0.33%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.48% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-6345

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-6345

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2016-6345

GHSA-vxhj-3x7p-jxp5 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in RESTEasy

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-6345

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2016-6345 low priority: Debian including 2 source packages (resteasy, resteasy3.0), 6 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 6. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6345
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6345
ubuntu medium CVE-2016-6345 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (resteasy, resteasy3.0), 28 status rows across 22 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 11, not-affected 10, DNE 4, released 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6345

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-6345

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat resteasy — cpe:2.3:a:redhat:resteasy:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-6345

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