Is CVE-2016-0883 actively exploited?

CVE-2016-0883 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-12.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-0883?

CVE-2016-0883 has a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2016-0883?

Patch guidance is available from pivotal software security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2016-0883.

Fix CVE-2016-0883 - CRITICAL

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2016-0883?

10 products: pivotal software operations manager, pivotal software operations manager, pivotal software operations manager, pivotal software operations manager, pivotal software operations manager, and 5 more.

Description

Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) Ops Manager before 1.5.14 and 1.6.x before 1.6.9 uses the same cookie-encryption key across different customers' installations, which allows remote attackers to bypass session authentication by leveraging knowledge of this key from another installation.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-287 · Improper Authentication

Metadata

Primary Vendor: PIVOTAL_SOFTWARE
Published: 9/18/2016
Last Modified: 4/12/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

pivotal_software : operations_managerpivotal_software : operations_managerpivotal_software : operations_managerpivotal_software : operations_managerpivotal_software : operations_managerpivotal_software : operations_managerpivotal_software : operations_managerpivotal_software : operations_managerpivotal_software : operations_managerpivotal_software : operations_manager

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD