CVE-2016-7040

highpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.023 · 83 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.26% (83rd) EPSS

CVSS 9 · high

Is it mine?

19 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · redhat_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedcfme-0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf.src as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1996
Fixedcfme-0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf.x86_64 as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1996
Fixedcfme-appliance-0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf.src as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1996
Fixedcfme-appliance-0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf.x86_64 as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1996
Fixedcfme-appliance-debuginfo-0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf.x86_64 as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1996
Fixedcfme-debuginfo-0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf.x86_64 as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1996
Fixedcfme-gemset-0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf.src as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1996
Fixedcfme-gemset-0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf.x86_64 as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1996
Fixedrh-ruby22-rubygem-nokogiri-0:1.6.8-1.el7cf.src as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1996
Fixedrh-ruby22-rubygem-nokogiri-0:1.6.8-1.el7cf.x86_64 as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1996
Fixedrh-ruby22-rubygem-nokogiri-debuginfo-0:1.6.8-1.el7cf.x86_64 as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1996
Fixedrh-ruby22-rubygem-pkg-config-0:1.1.7-1.el7cf.noarch as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1996
Fixedrh-ruby22-rubygem-pkg-config-0:1.1.7-1.el7cf.src as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1996
Fixedrh-ruby22-rubygem-pkg-config-doc-0:1.1.7-1.el7cf.noarch as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1996
Fixedrh-ruby22-rubygem-thin-0:1.7.0-1.el7cf.src as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1996
Fixedrh-ruby22-rubygem-thin-0:1.7.0-1.el7cf.x86_64 as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1996
Fixedrh-ruby22-rubygem-thin-debuginfo-0:1.7.0-1.el7cf.x86_64 as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1996

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6–9

v2.09highAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 10

v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v2.06mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:Psecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

v3.08.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-284USprimaryCWE-20US

affected products (19)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
redhat cloudforms management engine= 4.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms_management_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cfme-0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf.src as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
cfme-0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf.x86_64 as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
cfme-appliance-0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf.src as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
cfme-appliance-0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf.x86_64 as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
cfme-appliance-debuginfo-0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf.x86_64 as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
cfme-debuginfo-0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf.x86_64 as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
cfme-gemset-0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf.src as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
cfme-gemset-0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf.x86_64 as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
rh-ruby22-rubygem-nokogiri-0:1.6.8-1.el7cf.src as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
rh-ruby22-rubygem-nokogiri-0:1.6.8-1.el7cf.x86_64 as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
rh-ruby22-rubygem-nokogiri-debuginfo-0:1.6.8-1.el7cf.x86_64 as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
rh-ruby22-rubygem-pkg-config-0:1.1.7-1.el7cf.noarch as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
rh-ruby22-rubygem-pkg-config-0:1.1.7-1.el7cf.src as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
rh-ruby22-rubygem-pkg-config-doc-0:1.1.7-1.el7cf.noarch as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
rh-ruby22-rubygem-thin-0:1.7.0-1.el7cf.src as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
rh-ruby22-rubygem-thin-0:1.7.0-1.el7cf.x86_64 as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
rh-ruby22-rubygem-thin-debuginfo-0:1.7.0-1.el7cf.x86_64 as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5.6all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2016:1996Red Hat Security Advisory: CFME 4.1 bug fixes and enhancement update2016-10-04csaf · redhat_csafUS
Updated cfme packages that fix bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat CloudForms 4.1. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-10-07modified 2026-06-17

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references (7)

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