Is CVE-2016-9590 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-9590 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-9590?

CVE-2016-9590 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-9590?

CVE-2016-9590 has an EPSS score of 1.15% (63th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-9590?

Upgrade puppet-module-swift on debian 11 to 9.4.4-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-9590

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

puppet-swift before versions 8.2.1, 9.4.4 is vulnerable to an information-disclosure in Red Hat OpenStack Platform director's installation of Object Storage (swift). During installation, the Puppet script responsible for deploying the service incorrectly removes and recreates the proxy-server.conf file with world-readable permissions.

CWE-200Information Exposure

How to fix

Remediation Available

puppet-module-swiftDebian

Fixed in:9.4.4-1CVE-2016-9590

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 VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.15%probability of exploitation in 30 days

63rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 63% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

bugzilla.redhat.com

Vendor Advisory3

Third-Party Advisory1

securityfocus.com

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CVE-2024-24919	High	8.6	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-14181	Medium	5.3	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-34429	Medium	5.3	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-11409	Medium	5.3	98%	-	-
CVE-2021-41277	Critical	10.0	97%	KEV	-
CVE-2016-2183	High	7.5	96%	-	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.