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CVE-2016-7040· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 4.1 does not properly handle regular expressions passed to the expression engine via the JSON API and t

Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 4.1 does not properly handle regular expressions passed to the expression engine via the JSON API and the web-based UI, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary shell commands by leveraging the ability to view and filter collections.

HighCVSS 8.8 · v3.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Oct 7, 2016
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
2.3% · 82th percentile
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Action score

36

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.3%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
redhatcloudforms management engine

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • redhat cloudforms management engine4.1

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.6::el7cfmebefore 0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.6::el7cfme-appliancebefore 0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.6::el7cfme-appliance-debuginfobefore 0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.6::el7cfme-debuginfobefore 0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.6::el7cfme-gemsetbefore 0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.6::el7rh-ruby22-rubygem-nokogiribefore 0:1.6.8-1.el7cf0:1.6.8-1.el7cf
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.6::el7rh-ruby22-rubygem-nokogiri-debuginfobefore 0:1.6.8-1.el7cf0:1.6.8-1.el7cf
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.6::el7rh-ruby22-rubygem-pkg-configbefore 0:1.1.7-1.el7cf0:1.1.7-1.el7cf
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.6::el7rh-ruby22-rubygem-pkg-config-docbefore 0:1.1.7-1.el7cf0:1.1.7-1.el7cf
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.6::el7rh-ruby22-rubygem-thinbefore 0:1.7.0-1.el7cf0:1.7.0-1.el7cf
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.6::el7rh-ruby22-rubygem-thin-debuginfobefore 0:1.7.0-1.el7cf0:1.7.0-1.el7cf

Same product

redhat: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2013-2068Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the AgentController in Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 2.0 allow remote attackers to cr
    55Plan
  • CVE-2020-14324A high severity vulnerability was found in all active versions of Red Hat CloudForms before 5.11.7.0.
    37Monitor
  • CVE-2014-8164A insecure configuration for certificate verification (http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE) may lead to verification bypass in Red
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2016-7071It was found that the CloudForms before 5.6.2.2, and 5.7.0.7 did not properly apply permissions controls to VM IDs passed by users.
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2014-0087The check_privileges method in vmdb/app/controllers/application_controller.rb in ManageIQ, as used in Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine (
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2013-2050SQL injection vulnerability in the miq_policy controller in Red Hat CloudForms 2.0 Management Engine (CFME) 5.1 and ManageIQ Enterprise Virt
    35Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
red hat:cfme0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.6::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:cfme-appliance0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.6::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:cfme-appliance-debuginfo0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.6::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:cfme-debuginfo0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.6::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:cfme-gemset0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.6::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:rh-ruby22-rubygem-nokogiri0:1.6.8-1.el7cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.6::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:rh-ruby22-rubygem-nokogiri-debuginfo0:1.6.8-1.el7cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.6::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:rh-ruby22-rubygem-pkg-config0:1.1.7-1.el7cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.6::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:rh-ruby22-rubygem-pkg-config-doc0:1.1.7-1.el7cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.6::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:rh-ruby22-rubygem-thin0:1.7.0-1.el7cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.6::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:rh-ruby22-rubygem-thin-debuginfo0:1.7.0-1.el7cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.6::el7Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-284 · Improper Access Control

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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