Is CVE-2016-8605 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-8605 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-8605?

CVE-2016-8605 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-8605?

CVE-2016-8605 has an EPSS score of 2.79% (85th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2016-8605?

No published fix for CVE-2016-8605 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-8605

MEDIUMEPSS 85th pctl

5.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The mkdir procedure of GNU Guile temporarily changed the process' umask to zero. During that time window, in a multithreaded application, other threads could end up creating files with insecure permissions. For example, mkdir without the optional mode argument would create directories as 0777. This is fixed in Guile 2.0.13. Prior versions are affected.

CWE-275

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.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.79%probability of exploitation in 30 days

85thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 85% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

openwall.com

Third-Party Advisory1

securityfocus.com

Other references3

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2018-15379	Critical	9.8	86%	-	-
CVE-2017-16887	Critical	9.8	37%	-	-
CVE-2014-1632	High	8.1	10%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-17876	High	7.5	9.5%	-	-
CVE-2014-1631	High	7.5	9.3%	-	Fix
CVE-2015-7781	High	7.5	7.1%	-	-

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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.