CVE-2016-6904
Versions of VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP prior to 7.0P1 contain a web server that...
Versions of VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP prior to 7.0P1 contain a web server that accepts plain text authentication. This could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain authentication credentials.
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
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Versions of VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP prior to 7.0P1 contain a web server that accepts plain text authentication. This could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain authentication credentials.
- Record
CVE-2016-6904- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-255
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Versions of VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP prior to 7.0P1 contain a web server that accepts plain text authentication. This could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain authentication credentials.
- Record
CVE-2016-6904- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-7789 No score
Versions of VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP prior to 7.0P1 contain a web server that accepts plain text authentication. This could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain authentication credentials.
- Record
EUVD-2016-7789- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p52f-9xgh-mjcf
Versions of VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP prior to 7.0P1 contain a web server that...
Versions of VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP prior to 7.0P1 contain a web server that accepts plain text authentication. This could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain authentication credentials.
- Record
GHSA-p52f-9xgh-mjcf- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-6904 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Netapp Vasa Provider For Clustered Data Ontap, published December 11, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.18%, the 67th percentile. No source names a fixed version.