CVE catalog
CVE-2016-8606
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8606
- Severity
- Critical · CVSS 9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 4.22% · Oct 25, 2026
The REPL server (--listen) in GNU Guile 2.0.12 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP inter-protocol attack.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine | guile | 3.4 | 2.0.11-r3 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | guile-2.0 | 16.04 | 2.0.11+1-9ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | guile-2.0 | 16.04 | 2.0.11+1-10 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | guile-2.0 | 16.04 | 2.0.11+1-10ubuntu0.1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine | guile | apk | 3.4 | 2.0.11-r3 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2016-8606 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_10389-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2016-8606]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8606]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-8606.json]
[FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]