CVE-2016-6655
A command injection vulnerability was discovered in a common script used by many Cloud Foundry components.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.41%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in Cloud Foundry Foundation Cloud Foundry release versions prior to v245 and cf-mysql-release versions prior to v31. A command injection vulnerability was discovered in a common script used by many Cloud Foundry components. A malicious user may exploit numerous vectors to execute arbitrary commands on servers running Cloud Foundry.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.41% probability · 89th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Affected
- cloudfoundry/cf-mysql-release · cloudfoundry/cf-release
- Source
- security_alert@emc.com
EPSS 3.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93889Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.cloudfoundry.org/cve-2016-6655/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93889Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.cloudfoundry.org/cve-2016-6655/Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.