CVE-2016-0203 Information disclosure in Cloud Orchestrator

Medium 5.5 Published 8 Feb 2017 Updated 5 Aug 2024

An authenticated user can view sensitive background information about virtual machine actions in their projects, exposing internal operational details.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2016-0203?

CVE-2016-0203 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Corporation Cloud Orchestrator, published on 8 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability has been identified in the IBM Cloud Orchestrator task API. The task API might allow an authenticated user to view background information associated with actions performed on virtual machines in projects where the user belongs to.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-0203?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Ibm Cloud Orchestrator, Ibm Smartcloud Orchestrator.

How do I fix CVE-2016-0203?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-0203 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-0203 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0203 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-v7v4-rfm9-vpp2.