Security advisory

{
  "id": "51be96a397532cd65310f594aae9d8b676d37c50995bcc32a9163e9307b0b1d1",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9599",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-9599",
    "summary": "puppet-tripleo before versions 5.5.0, 6.2.0 is vulnerable to an access-control flaw in the IPtables rules management, which allowed the creation of TCP/UDP rules with empty port values. If SSL is enabled, a malicious user could use these open ports to gain access to unauthorized resources.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-9599",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-9599",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-9599"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/openstack-archive/puppet-tripleo",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "3be9575fb091582ec0666d57efc7e8158ae7c17e"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "9ad8e263f7c6ef5304b4e8229e93c1d8add38596"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:openstack:puppet-tripleo:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "5.5.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "5.5.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:openstack:puppet-tripleo:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "6.2.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "6.2.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "5.5.0",
            "6.2.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9599.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:33.985536138Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9599"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:openstack",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "10"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "10"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-9599",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433411,
  "published_at": "2018-04-24T01:29:00.223+00:00"
}