CVE-2016-9185

In OpenStack Heat, by launching a new Heat stack with a local URL an authenticated user may conduct network discovery revealing internal network configuration. Affected versions are <=5.0.3, >=6.0.0 <=6.1.0, and ==7.0.0.

Published: 2016-11-04 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-9185 is rated Moderate Risk (43/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.51%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-9185

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 0.53% 1.51% +0.98%
2 2025-12-14 0.34% 0.53% +0.19%
3 2025-09-30 — 0.34% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-9185

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 1.4 [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-2016-9185

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-9185

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2016-9185 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (heat), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9185
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9185
suse low CVE-2016-9185 severity low: SUSE including 2 source package names (openstack-glance, python-glance), 2 product×package rows across 1 product lines (SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6): Known Not Affected 2. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9185/
ubuntu low CVE-2016-9185 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (heat), 10 status rows across 10 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 6, DNE 2, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9185

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-9185

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack heat 5.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:heat:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack heat 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:heat:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack heat 6.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:heat:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack heat 7.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:heat:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-9185

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