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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-7046

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 7, when operating as a reverse-proxy with default buffer sizes, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and disk consumption) via a long URL.

MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 2.48%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.48%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 7, when operating as a reverse-proxy with default buffer sizes, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and disk consumption) via a long URL.

CVSS 3.0
5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
2.48% probability · 84th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-399
Affected
redhat/jboss enterprise application platform
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 2.48%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 2.5% 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

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.