Is CVE-2016-1899 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-1899 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-1899?

CVE-2016-1899 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.7 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-1899?

CVE-2016-1899 has an EPSS score of 1.93% (78th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-1899?

Upgrade cgit on debian 11 to 0.11.2.git2.3.2-1.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-1899

LOWEPSS 78th pctl

3.7

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in the ui-blob handler in CGit before 0.12 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks or cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via CRLF sequences in the mimetype parameter, as demonstrated by a request to blob/cgit.c.

How to fix

Remediation Available

cgitDebian

Fixed in:0.11.2.git2.3.2-1.1CVE-2016-1899

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 ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.93%probability of exploitation in 30 days

78thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 78% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Other references8

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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.