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high 7.5

CVE-2016-5409 json

Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 does not include the HTTPOnly flag in a Set-Cookie header for the GEARID cookie, which makes it easier for r…

published 2017-04-20 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-6354

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 does not include the HTTPOnly flag in a Set-Cookie header for the GEARID cookie, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information via script access to the cookies.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-5409 updated cvss 4.3

OSE 2 cookie does not set httponly

  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 Security
    affected: no fix available

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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