CVE-2016-6040
IBM Jazz Foundation could allow an authenticated user to take over a previously logged in user...
IBM Jazz Foundation could allow an authenticated user to take over a previously logged in user due to session expiration not being enforced.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
IBM Jazz Foundation could allow an authenticated user to take over a previously logged in user due to session expiration not being enforced.
- Record
CVE-2016-6040- CVSS 3.0
- 5.0 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 6.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-384
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
IBM Jazz Foundation could allow an authenticated user to take over a previously logged in user due to session expiration not being enforced.
- Record
CVE-2016-6040- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-6974 No score
IBM Jazz Foundation could allow an authenticated user to take over a previously logged in user due to session expiration not being enforced.
- Record
EUVD-2016-6974- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gwpf-pfph-7ff7
IBM Jazz Foundation could allow an authenticated user to take over a previously logged in user...
IBM Jazz Foundation could allow an authenticated user to take over a previously logged in user due to session expiration not being enforced.
- Record
GHSA-gwpf-pfph-7ff7- CVSS 3.0
- 5.0 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-384
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-6040 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Ibm Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management, published February 1, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.51%, the 43rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.