CVE-2016-5996

high

Published 2016-09-26 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

7.5

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

The web portal in IBM Tealeaf Customer Experience before 8.7.1.8847 FP10, 8.8 before 8.8.0.9049 FP9, 9.0.0 and 9.0.1 before 9.0.1.1117 FP5, 9.0.1A before 9.0.1.5108_9.0.1A FP5, 9.0.2 before 9.0.2.1223 FP3, and 9.0.2A before 9.0.2.5224_9.0.2A FP3 does not enforce password-length restrictions, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
ibm	tealeaf_customer_experience	`{"endIncluding":"8.7"}`
ibm	tealeaf_customer_experience	`8.8`
ibm	tealeaf_customer_experience	`9.0.0`
ibm	tealeaf_customer_experience	`9.0.1`
ibm	tealeaf_customer_experience	`9.0.1a`
ibm	tealeaf_customer_experience	`9.0.2`
ibm	tealeaf_customer_experience	`9.0.2a`

References

CWEs

CWE-640

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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