GHSA-hgjr-xwj3-jfvw · Severity: high · Ecosystem: maven — JBoss RESTEasy vulnerable to Improper Input Validation
JBoss RESTEasy before version 3.1.2 could be forced into parsing a request with YamlProvider, resulting in unmarshalling of potentially untrusted data which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with RESTEasy application permissions.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2016-9606 is rated Moderate Risk (64.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.06%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.
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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 | 2026-07-16 | 6.18% | 6.06% | -0.12% |
| 2 | 2026-06-15 | 2.26% | 6.18% | +3.92% |
| 3 | 2026-04-24 | — | 2.26% | — |
Full EPSS history (19 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | 3.0 | HIGH |
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2.2 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| 6.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
GHSA-hgjr-xwj3-jfvw · Severity: high · Ecosystem: maven — JBoss RESTEasy vulnerable to Improper Input Validation
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2016-9606 not yet assigned 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-2016-9606 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9606 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2016-9606 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (resteasy), 22 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): not-affected 13, DNE 4, ignored 4, released 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9606 |