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Vulnerability details: VCID-a82s-fzvq-57av
Vulnerability ID VCID-a82s-fzvq-57av
Aliases CVE-2016-3072
GHSA-527r-mfmj-prqf
Summary Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') An input sanitization flaw was found in the scoped search parameters sort_by and sort_order in the REST API. An authenticated user could use this flaw to perform an SQL injection attack on the Katello back end database.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1083
generic_textual HIGH https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1083
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3072
generic_textual HIGH https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3072
epss 0.00393 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-3072
epss 0.00393 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-3072
epss 0.00393 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-3072
epss 0.00393 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-3072
epss 0.00393 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-3072
epss 0.00393 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-3072
epss 0.00393 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-3072
epss 0.00393 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-3072
epss 0.00393 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-3072
epss 0.00393 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-3072
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322050
generic_textual HIGH https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322050
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-527r-mfmj-prqf
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/Katello/katello
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/Katello/katello
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/Katello/katello/commit/5645ed4365980a34e30a9c57fe0793dff729e8e4
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/Katello/katello/commit/5645ed4365980a34e30a9c57fe0793dff729e8e4
cvssv3 8.8 https://github.com/Katello/katello/pull/6051
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/Katello/katello/pull/6051
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/Katello/katello/pull/6051
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/katello/CVE-2016-3072.yml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/katello/CVE-2016-3072.yml
cvssv2 6.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3072
cvssv3 8.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3072
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3072
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3072
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1083
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-3072.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-3072
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322050
https://github.com/Katello/katello
https://github.com/Katello/katello/commit/5645ed4365980a34e30a9c57fe0793dff729e8e4
https://github.com/Katello/katello/pull/6051
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/katello/CVE-2016-3072.yml
cpe:2.3:a:katello:katello:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:katello:katello:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-3072 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3072
CVE-2016-3072 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3072
GHSA-527r-mfmj-prqf https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-527r-mfmj-prqf
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1083
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3072
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

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low

high

none

low

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required

unchanged

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high

low

none

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low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322050
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

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low

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none

low

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required

unchanged

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high

low

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low

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low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/Katello/katello
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

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unchanged

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high

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none

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low

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high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/Katello/katello/commit/5645ed4365980a34e30a9c57fe0793dff729e8e4
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/Katello/katello/pull/6051
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/katello/CVE-2016-3072.yml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3072
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

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partial

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3072
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

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low

none

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low

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high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3072
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.60145
EPSS Score 0.00393
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:50:28.699896+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/katello/CVE-2016-3072.yml 38.0.0