9.8

CVE-2016-9013: canonical ubuntu_linux Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Modified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2016-9013GHSA-mv8g-fhh6-6267PYSEC-2016-17
Published 09-12-2016Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-9013 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 5.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 9.8 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 5% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.19%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 3
DSA-3835-1MGASA-2016-0368SUSE-SU-2018:0973-1SUSE-SU-2018:1102-1USN-3115-1

Timeline

  1. 09-12-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Django 1.8.x before 1.8.16, 1.9.x before 1.9.11, and 1.10.x before 1.10.3 use a hardcoded password for a temporary database user created when running tests with an Oracle database, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access to the database server by leveraging failure to manually specify a password in the database settings TEST dictionary.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 5 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

5.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 5.19% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Alpine2 products
  • py-django< 1.8.16-r0
  • py3-django< 1.8.16-r0
Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
  • python-django< 1:1.10.3-1
Djangoproject1 product
  • djangoEOL1.10 | 1.10.1 | 1.10.2 | 1.9 | 1.9.1 | 1.9.2 | 1.9.3 | 1.9.4 | 1.9.5 | 1.9.6 | 1.9.7 | 1.9.8 | 1.9.9 | 1.9.10 | 1.8 | 1.8.1 | 1.8.2 | 1.8.3 | 1.8.4 | 1.8.5 | 1.8.6 | 1.8.7 | 1.8.8 | 1.8.9 | 1.8.10 | 1.8.11 | 1.8.12 | 1.8.13 | 1.8.14 | 1.8.15
Fedoraproject1 product
PyPI1 product
  • django≥ 1.10a1, < 1.10.3 | ≥ 1.9a1, < 1.9.11 | ≥ 1.8a1, < 1.8.16 | ≥ 1.10, < 1.10.3
Ubuntu1 product
  • python-django< 1.6.1-2ubuntu0.16 | < 1.8.7-1ubuntu5.4

7 vendors · 8 products

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