CVE-2026-16531

5.3 mediumEPSS 0.5%

Medium (5.3). EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in the PCP pmproxy logger servlet using a crafted hostname. This allows arbitrary file and directory creation, potentially leading to a denial of service.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.3 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 43% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-22
Published: 2026-07-30
Modified: 2026-08-21
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16531
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2506037

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