CVE-2016-9885

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-9885
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdell
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-06 22:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in Pivotal GemFire for PCF 1.6.x versions prior to 1.6.5 and 1.7.x versions prior to 1.7.1. The gfsh (Geode Shell) endpoint, used by operators and application developers to connect to their cluster, is unauthenticated and publicly accessible. Because HTTPS communications are terminated at the gorouter, communications from the gorouter to GemFire clusters are unencrypted. An attacker could run any command available on gfsh and could cause denial of service, lost confidentiality of data, escalate privileges, or eavesdrop on other communications between the gorouter and the cluster.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.005410000 probability, percentile 0.677240000 (date 2026-05-11)

Problem Types: CWE-200 | CWE-254 | gfsh exposed over go router for GemFire for PCF

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pivotal Software Gemfire For Pivotal Cloud Foundry 1.6.0.0 All All All
Application Pivotal Software Gemfire For Pivotal Cloud Foundry 1.6.1 All All All
Application Pivotal Software Gemfire For Pivotal Cloud Foundry 1.6.2 All All All
Application Pivotal Software Gemfire For Pivotal Cloud Foundry 1.6.3.0 All All All
Application Pivotal Software Gemfire For Pivotal Cloud Foundry 1.6.4.0 All All All
Application Pivotal Software Gemfire For Pivotal Cloud Foundry 1.7.0.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na GemFire For PCF 1.6.x Versions Prior To 1.6.5 And 1.7.x Versions Prior To 1.7.1 affected GemFire for PCF 1.6.x versions prior to 1.6.5 and 1.7.x versions prior to 1.7.1 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Pivotal GemFire for PCF CVE-2016-9885 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE-2016-9885 gfsh exposed over go router for GemFire for PCF | Security | Pivotal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 pivotal.io Vendor Advisory
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