CVE-2016-10212
Radware devices use the same value for the first two GCM nonces, which allows remote attackers to...
CVE-2016-10212 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Radware Alteon, published February 8, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.06%, the 87th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
Radware devices use the same value for the first two GCM nonces, which allows remote attackers to obtain the authentication key and spoof data via a "forbidden attack," a similar issue to CVE-2016-0270. NOTE: this issue may be due to the use of a third-party Cavium product.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Radware devices use the same value for the first two GCM nonces, which allows remote attackers to obtain the authentication key and spoof data via a "forbidden attack," a similar issue to CVE-2016-0270. NOTE: this issue may be due to the use of a third-party Cavium product.
- Record
CVE-2016-10212- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Radware devices use the same value for the first two GCM nonces, which allows remote attackers to obtain the authentication key and spoof data via a "forbidden attack," a similar issue to CVE-2016-0270. NOTE: this issue may be due to the use of a third-party Cavium product.
- Record
CVE-2016-10212- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-1397 No score
Radware devices use the same value for the first two GCM nonces, which allows remote attackers to obtain the authentication key and spoof data via a "forbidden attack," a similar issue to CVE-2016-0270. NOTE: this issue may be due to the use of a third-party Cavium product.
- Record
EUVD-2016-1397- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f6j6-p562-vh3q
Radware devices use the same value for the first two GCM nonces, which allows remote attackers to...
Radware devices use the same value for the first two GCM nonces, which allows remote attackers to obtain the authentication key and spoof data via a "forbidden attack," a similar issue to CVE-2016-0270. NOTE: this issue may be due to the use of a third-party Cavium product.
- Record
GHSA-f6j6-p562-vh3q- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |