Is CVE-2016-3176 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-3176 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-3176?

CVE-2016-3176 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.6 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-3176?

CVE-2016-3176 has an EPSS score of 0.87% (54th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-3176?

Upgrade salt on ubuntu 14.04 to 0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-3176

MEDIUM

5.6

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Salt before 2015.5.10 and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.8, when PAM external authentication is enabled, allows attackers to bypass the configured authentication service by passing an alternate service with a command sent to LocalClient.

CWE-287Improper Authentication

How to fix

Remediation Available

saltUbuntu

Fixed in:0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5USN-8153-1

salt-commonUbuntu

Fixed in:0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5USN-8153-1

salt-masterUbuntu

Fixed in:0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5USN-8153-1

salt-minionUbuntu

Fixed in:0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5USN-8153-1

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

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityLow

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.87%probability of exploitation in 30 days

54thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 54% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-287 (Improper Authentication) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-35082	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2023-35078	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-7921	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2024-7593	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2023-46805	High	8.2	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2022-40684	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

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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.