# CVE-2016-6083: Information disclosure in Tivoli Monitoring V6

> Unauthenticated users can access SOAP queries containing sensitive information in IBM Tivoli Monitoring.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Jun 2017
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v688-qxmq-mg2j

## What is CVE-2016-6083?

CVE-2016-6083 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6, published on 27 Jun 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6 could allow an unauthenticated user to access SOAP queries that could contain sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 117696.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6083?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Tivoli Monitoring.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-6083?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6083 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-6083 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6083 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6

- [CVE-2015-7411](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7411/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2025-3357](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3357/): IBM Tivoli Monitoring code execution (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-1789](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1789/): Code injection in Tivoli Monitoring V6 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-3356](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3356/): IBM Tivoli Monitoring is vulnerable to unauthenticated file read and write operations (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2015-5003](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5003/): Command injection in n/a (high 8.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-6083 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-6083 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6, published on 27 Jun 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6083 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6083/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6083/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6083
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6083
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6083

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