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CVE-2016-7040

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 2.26%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-10-07 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2016-7040
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
2.26%

Original Filing — NVD Description

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.