CVE-2016-10597
Downloads Resources over HTTP in cobalt-cli
cobalt-cli downloads resources over HTTP, which leaves it vulnerable to MITM attacks.
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
cobalt-cli downloads resources over HTTP, which leaves it vulnerable to MITM attacks.
- Record
CVE-2016-10597- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/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-311
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
cobalt-cli downloads resources over HTTP, which leaves it vulnerable to MITM attacks.
- Record
CVE-2016-10597- Weakness
- CWE-311
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-0343 No score
cobalt-cli downloads resources over HTTP, which leaves it vulnerable to MITM attacks.
- Record
EUVD-2019-0343- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rwvj-jgc4-fqq5 No score
Downloads Resources over HTTP in cobalt-cli
Affected versions of cobalt-cli insecurely download an executable over an unencrypted HTTP connection.
In scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, it is possible to intercept the response and replace the executable with a malicious one, resulting in code execution on the system running cobalt-cli.
Recommendation
No patch is currently available for this vulnerability.
The best mitigation is currently to avoid using this package, using a different package if available.
Alternatively, the risk of exploitation can be reduced by ensuring that this package is not installed while connected to a public network. If the package is installed on a private network, the only people who can exploit this vulnerability are those who have compromised your network or those who have privileged access to your ISP, such as Nation State Actors or Rogue ISP Employees.
- Record
GHSA-rwvj-jgc4-fqq5- Weakness
- CWE-269, CWE-311
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-rwvj-jgc4-fqq5 No score
Downloads Resources over HTTP in cobalt-cli
Affected versions of cobalt-cli insecurely download an executable over an unencrypted HTTP connection.
In scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, it is possible to intercept the response and replace the executable with a malicious one, resulting in code execution on the system running cobalt-cli.
Recommendation
No patch is currently available for this vulnerability.
The best mitigation is currently to avoid using this package, using a different package if available.
Alternatively, the risk of exploitation can be reduced by ensuring that this package is not installed while connected to a public network. If the package is installed on a private network, the only people who can exploit this vulnerability are those who have compromised your network or those who have privileged access to your ISP, such as Nation State Actors or Rogue ISP Employees.
- Record
GHSA-rwvj-jgc4-fqq5- Weakness
- CWE-269, CWE-311
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
cobalt-clinpm |
through 2.5.8 | None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-10597 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Cobalt-cli Project Cobalt-cli, published June 1, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.52%, the 44th percentile. No source names a fixed version.