CVE-2016-1356

low

Published 2016-03-03 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

3.7

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

3.7

Description

Cisco FireSIGHT System Software 6.1.0 does not use a constant-time algorithm for verifying credentials, which makes it easier for remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames by measuring timing differences, aka Bug ID CSCuy41615.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

47%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
cisco	firesight_system_software	`_6.1.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-255 CWE-287

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.