VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-2861

low
Published 2016-07-02 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
3.7
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
3.7

Description

IBM WebSphere eXtreme Scale 7.1.0 before 7.1.0.3, 7.1.1 before 7.1.1.1, 8.5 before 8.5.0.3, and 8.6 before 8.6.0.8 does not properly encrypt data, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
47%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21983036

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
ibmwebsphere_extreme_scale7.1.0
ibmwebsphere_extreme_scale7.1.0.2
ibmwebsphere_extreme_scale7.1.1
ibmwebsphere_extreme_scale8.5.0
ibmwebsphere_extreme_scale8.5.0.1
ibmwebsphere_extreme_scale8.5.0.2
ibmwebsphere_extreme_scale8.6.0
ibmwebsphere_extreme_scale8.6.0.0
ibmwebsphere_extreme_scale8.6.0.1
ibmwebsphere_extreme_scale8.6.0.2
ibmwebsphere_extreme_scale8.6.0.3
ibmwebsphere_extreme_scale8.6.0.4
ibmwebsphere_extreme_scale8.6.0.5
ibmwebsphere_extreme_scale8.6.0.6
ibmwebsphere_extreme_scale8.6.0.7

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.