🛡️ CVE-2016-1906 — origin

🔴 CVSS 9.5 — Critical ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-285 OSV
9.5
CVSS Score
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Description

Authorization bypass in Openshift

Openshift allows remote attackers to gain privileges by updating a build configuration that was created with an allowed type to a type that is not allowed.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2016-1906 is classified as CWE-285: Improper Authorization. A request is carried out without confirming that the caller is permitted to perform it on that specific resource.

Affected software

CVE-2016-1906 is recorded against 1 package.

  • github.com/openshift/origin

Timeline and source

Published on 20 December 2021 and last revised on 4 February 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
access.redhat.com (Web)
access.redhat.com (Web)
access.redhat.com (Web)
bugzilla.redhat.com (Web)
web.nvd.nist.gov (Web)

Details

Severity CRITICAL
CVSS Score 9.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-285
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2021-12-20
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-02-04

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
github.com/openshift/origin — —

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