CVE-2016-2160

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

8.8 HighFix available

Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.2 and OpenShift Origin allow remote authenticated users to execute commands with root privileges by changing the root password in an sti builder image.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

4.14%Up 3.1 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.2 and OpenShift Origin allow remote authenticated users to execute commands with root privileges by changing the root password in an sti builder image.

Record: CVE-2016-2160
CVSS 3.0: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 9.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-264
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.2 and OpenShift Origin allow remote authenticated users to execute commands with root privileges by changing the root password in an sti builder image.

Record: CVE-2016-2160
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2016-3252 No score

Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.2 and OpenShift Origin allow remote authenticated users to execute commands with root privileges by changing the root password in an sti builder image.

Record: EUVD-2016-3252
Updated: 2026-11-03

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`atomic-openshift` Red Hat:openshift:3.2::el7	before 0:3.2.0.20-1.git.0.f44746c.el7	0:3.2.0.20-1.git.0.f44746c.el7
`atomic-openshift-clients` Red Hat:openshift:3.2::el7	before 0:3.2.0.20-1.git.0.f44746c.el7	0:3.2.0.20-1.git.0.f44746c.el7
`atomic-openshift-clients-redistributable` Red Hat:openshift:3.2::el7	before 0:3.2.0.20-1.git.0.f44746c.el7	0:3.2.0.20-1.git.0.f44746c.el7
`atomic-openshift-dockerregistry` Red Hat:openshift:3.2::el7	before 0:3.2.0.20-1.git.0.f44746c.el7	0:3.2.0.20-1.git.0.f44746c.el7
`atomic-openshift-master` Red Hat:openshift:3.2::el7	before 0:3.2.0.20-1.git.0.f44746c.el7	0:3.2.0.20-1.git.0.f44746c.el7
`atomic-openshift-node` Red Hat:openshift:3.2::el7	before 0:3.2.0.20-1.git.0.f44746c.el7	0:3.2.0.20-1.git.0.f44746c.el7
`atomic-openshift-pod` Red Hat:openshift:3.2::el7	before 0:3.2.0.20-1.git.0.f44746c.el7	0:3.2.0.20-1.git.0.f44746c.el7
`atomic-openshift-recycle` Red Hat:openshift:3.2::el7	before 0:3.2.0.20-1.git.0.f44746c.el7	0:3.2.0.20-1.git.0.f44746c.el7
`atomic-openshift-sdn-ovs` Red Hat:openshift:3.2::el7	before 0:3.2.0.20-1.git.0.f44746c.el7	0:3.2.0.20-1.git.0.f44746c.el7
`atomic-openshift-tests` Red Hat:openshift:3.2::el7	before 0:3.2.0.20-1.git.0.f44746c.el7	0:3.2.0.20-1.git.0.f44746c.el7
`tuned-profiles-atomic-openshift-node` Red Hat:openshift:3.2::el7	before 0:3.2.0.20-1.git.0.f44746c.el7	0:3.2.0.20-1.git.0.f44746c.el7
`nodejs-openshift-auth-proxy` Red Hat:openshift:3.2::el7	before 0:0.0.20-1.el7aos	0:0.0.20-1.el7aos
`nodejs-proxy-addr` Red Hat:openshift:3.2::el7	before 0:1.0.8-2.el7aos	0:1.0.8-2.el7aos

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-2160 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Redhat Openshift, published June 8, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.14%, the 90th percentile. Fixed in atomic-openshift 0:3.2.0.20-1.git.0.f44746c.el7.

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