Is CVE-2016-8567 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-8567 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-8567?

CVE-2016-8567 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-8567?

CVE-2016-8567 has an EPSS score of 1.82% (76th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-8567?

Upgrade sicam pas\/pqs to 8.00 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-8567

CRITICALEPSS 76th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Siemens SICAM PAS before 8.00. A factory account with hard-coded passwords is present in the SICAM PAS installations. Attackers might gain privileged access to the database over Port 2638/TCP.

CWE-798Hard-coded Credentials

How to fix

Remediation Available

sicam pas\/pqsNVD

Affected:< 8.00Fixed in:8.00CVE-2016-8567derived 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

1.82%probability of exploitation in 30 days

76thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 76% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2022-26138	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	-
CVE-2024-3272	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	-
CVE-2025-30406	Critical	9.0	94%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2024-28987	Critical	9.1	93%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2019-15976	Critical	9.8	93%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-20439	Critical	9.8	92%	KEV	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.