Is CVE-2016-8640 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-8640 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-8640?

CVE-2016-8640 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-8640?

CVE-2016-8640 has an EPSS score of 2.34% (82th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-8640?

Upgrade pycsw on debian 11 to 2.0.2+dfsg-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-8640

CRITICALEPSS 82th pctl

9.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A SQL injection vulnerability in pycsw all versions before 2.0.2, 1.10.5 and 1.8.6 that leads to read and extract of any data from any table in the pycsw database that the database user has access to. Also on PostgreSQL (at least) it is possible to perform updates/inserts/deletes and database modifications to any table the database user has access to.

CWE-89SQL Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

pycswDebian

Fixed in:2.0.2+dfsg-1CVE-2016-8640

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

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.34%probability of exploitation in 30 days

82ndpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 82% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

Third-Party Advisory1

securityfocus.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-89 (SQL Injection) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-3704	High	7.5	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2015-7297	High	7.5	100%	-	-
CVE-2024-29824	High	8.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-34362	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2019-7481	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2024-29826	High	8.8	100%	-	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 2024-11-21.