CVE-2016-5997

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

CVSS v3

6.5

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

CVSS v2

4.0

VIR risk

6.5

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 apply password-quality rules to password changes, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

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=swg21990216

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

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