CVE-2016-7040
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Published: October 7, 2016 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:52 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCloudforms Management Engine
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATMitigation
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1996.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-284
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