Is CVE-2015-5172 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2015-5172 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2015-5172?

CVE-2015-5172 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2015-5172?

CVE-2015-5172 has an EPSS score of 1.17% (63th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2015-5172?

Upgrade cf-release to 216 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2015-5172

CRITICAL

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Cloud Foundry Runtime cf-release before 216, UAA before 2.5.2, and Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) Elastic Runtime before 1.7.0 allow attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging failure to expire password reset links.

CWE-640

How to fix

Remediation Available

cf-releaseNVD

Affected:< 216Fixed in:216CVE-2015-5172derived from NVD

cloud foundry elastic runtimeNVD

Affected:< 1.7.0Fixed in:1.7.0CVE-2015-5172derived from NVD

cloud foundry uaaNVD

Affected:< 2.5.2Fixed in:2.5.2CVE-2015-5172derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.17%probability of exploitation in 30 days

63rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 63% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

pivotal.io

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.