{"cve":"CVE-2016-1601","nvd":{"published":"2016-04-26T14:59:00.127","modified":"2026-06-17T00:42:14.340","status":"Modified","description":"yast2-users before 3.1.47, as used in SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1, does not properly set empty password fields in /etc/shadow during an AutoYaST installation when the profile does not contain inst-sys users, which might allow attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-255"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00051.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00007.html","https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=974220","https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/388020","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00051.html"],"products":["suse:yast2"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:38:51.654415212+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-1601","score":0.02457,"percentile":0.84429,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}