CVE-2016-3118

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Published 2016-04-06 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

6.5

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

CVSS v2

6.4

VIR risk

6.5

Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in CA API Gateway (formerly Layer7 API Gateway) 7.1 before 7.1.04, 8.0 through 8.3 before 8.3.01, and 8.4 before 8.4.01 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.ca.com/us/support/ca-support-online/product-content/recommended-reading/security-notices/ca20160405-01-security-notice-for-ca-api-gateway.aspx

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
broadcom	api_gateway	`7.1`
broadcom	api_gateway	`8.0`
broadcom	api_gateway	`8.1`
broadcom	api_gateway	`8.2`
broadcom	api_gateway	`8.3`
broadcom	api_gateway	`8.4`

References

http://www.ca.com/us/support/ca-support-online/product-content/recommended-reading/security-notices/ca20160405-01-security-notice-for-ca-api-gateway.aspx
http://www.ca.com/us/support/ca-support-online/product-content/recommended-reading/security-notices/ca20160405-01-security-notice-for-ca-api-gateway.aspx

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