{"cve":"CVE-2016-7030","nvd":{"published":"2017-08-28T15:29:01.533","modified":"2026-06-17T00:52:11.010","status":"Modified","description":"FreeIPA uses a default password policy that locks an account after 5 unsuccessful authentication attempts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by locking out the account in which system services run on.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-255"],"references":["http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0001.html","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/02/5","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94934","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1370493","https://pagure.io/freeipa?id=6f1d927467e7907fd1991f88388d96c67c9bff61"],"products":["freeipa:freeipa"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:44:47.710380879+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-7030","score":0.04741,"percentile":0.91866,"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."]}