Is CVE-2016-1896 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-1896 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-1896?

CVE-2016-1896 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-1896?

CVE-2016-1896 has an EPSS score of 3.26% (87th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2016-1896?

No published fix for CVE-2016-1896 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-1896

CRITICALEPSS 87th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Race condition in the initialization process on Lexmark printers with firmware ATL before ATL.02.049, CB before CB.02.049, PP before PP.02.049, and YK before YK.02.049 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by leveraging incorrect detection of the security-jumper status.

CWE-254 CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

3.26%probability of exploitation in 30 days

87thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 87% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

support.lexmark.com

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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 2026-05-06.