CVE-2016-8954
IBM dashDB Local uses hard-coded credentials that could allow a remote attacker to gain access to...
IBM dashDB Local uses hard-coded credentials that could allow a remote attacker to gain access to the Docker container or database.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- 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
IBM dashDB Local uses hard-coded credentials that could allow a remote attacker to gain access to the Docker container or database.
- Record
CVE-2016-8954- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
IBM dashDB Local uses hard-coded credentials that could allow a remote attacker to gain access to the Docker container or database.
- Record
CVE-2016-8954- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-9779 No score
IBM dashDB Local uses hard-coded credentials that could allow a remote attacker to gain access to the Docker container or database.
- Record
EUVD-2016-9779- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hq39-9265-mv3j
IBM dashDB Local uses hard-coded credentials that could allow a remote attacker to gain access to...
IBM dashDB Local uses hard-coded credentials that could allow a remote attacker to gain access to the Docker container or database.
- Record
GHSA-hq39-9265-mv3j- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-798
- 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-2016-8954 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Ibm Dashdb Local, published February 8, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.40%, the 84th percentile. No source names a fixed version.