# CVE-2016-9204: Auth bypass in Cisco Intercloud Fabric (ICF) Director

> Unauthenticated remote attackers can bypass authentication to access internal services using an internal account in Cisco Intercloud Fabric Director.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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:** 14 Dec 2016
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2x35-j3p2-5qfh

## What is CVE-2016-9204?

CVE-2016-9204 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Cisco Intercloud Fabric (ICF) Director, published on 14 Dec 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the Cisco Intercloud Fabric (ICF) Director could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to connect to internal services with an internal account. Affected Products: Cisco Nexus 1000V InterCloud is affected. More Information: CSCus99379. Known Affected Releases: 2.2(1).

Weakness: CWE-255

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9204?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Nexus 1000v Intercloud Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-9204?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9204 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-9204 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9204 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-9204 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-9204 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Cisco Intercloud Fabric (ICF) Director, published on 14 Dec 2016. 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-2016-9204 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Intercloud Fabric (ICF) Director. 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-2016-9204/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9204/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9204
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9204
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9204

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9204/
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