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CVE-2016-7062 json

rhscon-ceph in Red Hat Storage Console 2 x86_64 and Red Hat Storage Console Node 2 x86_64 allows local users to obtain the password as clea…

published 2017-06-27 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-7942

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 31%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

rhscon-ceph in Red Hat Storage Console 2 x86_64 and Red Hat Storage Console Node 2 x86_64 allows local users to obtain the password as cleartext.

Patch / fix

  • rhscon-ui rhscon 2 0.0.60-1.el7scon
  • rhscon-ceph rhscon 2 0.0.43-1.el7scon
  • rhscon-core rhscon 2 0.0.45-1.el7scon
  • ceph-ansible rhscon 2 1.0.5-34.el7scon
  • rhscon-agent rhscon 2 0.0.19-1.el7scon
  • salt-selinux rhscon 2 0.0.45-1.el7scon
  • carbon-selinux rhscon 2 0.0.45-1.el7scon
  • ceph-installer rhscon 2 1.0.15-2.el7scon

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:2082

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-2016-7062 updated cvss 4.8

rhscon-ceph: password leak by command line parameter

  • Red Hat Storage Console Agent 2 rhscon-core 0.0.45-1.el7scon, rhscon-agent 0.0.19-1.el7scon, salt-selinux 0.0.45-1.el7scon, carbon-selinux 0.0.45-1.el7scon, rhscon-core-selinux 0.0.45-1.el7scon Red Hat Storage Console Installer 2 ceph-ansible 1.0.5-34.el7scon, ceph-installer 1.0.15-2.el7scon Red Hat Storage Console Main 2 rhscon-ui 0.0.60-1.el7scon, rhscon-ceph 0.0.43-1.el7scon, rhscon-core 0.0.45-1.el7scon, salt-selinux 0.0.45-1.el7scon, carbon-selinux 0.0.45-1.el7scon, rhscon-core-selinux 0.0.45-1.el7scon
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2082

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Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-255 Credentials Management Errors

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.