CVE-2016-2183

HIGHNVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Weaponized
7.5
EchelonGraph verdictPatch this weekExploitation is likely or a public exploit exists.
  • High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 96%
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 96%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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The DES and Triple DES ciphers, as used in the TLS, SSH, and IPSec protocols and other protocols and products, have a birthday bound of approximately four billion blocks, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain cleartext data via a birthday attack against a long-duration encrypted session, as demonstrated by an HTTPS session using Triple DES in CBC mode, aka a "Sweet32" attack.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(medium)
EPSS
99.9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 1, 2016

Last Modified

May 29, 2026

References (278)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2016-2183(20)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(27)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuopenjdk-7-source (7u121-2.6.8-1ubuntu0.14.04.3) @ trusty2026-05-22ubuntu
ubuntuopenjdk-6-jre-lib (6b41-1.13.13-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) @ precise2026-05-22ubuntu
ubuntulibnss3 (2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) @ precise2026-05-22ubuntu
ubuntuopenjdk-8-source (8u121-b13-0ubuntu1.16.04.2) @ xenial2026-05-22ubuntu
ubuntuopenssl (1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.20) @ trusty2026-05-22ubuntu
ubuntulibnss3-tools (2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) @ xenial2026-05-22ubuntu
redhatopenshift4/ose-machine-config-operator:v4.8.0-202107011817.p0.git.29813c8.assembly.stream2021-07-27redhat
redhatopenshift4/ose-etcd:v4.6.0-202101300140.p02021-02-08redhat
redhatopenshift4/ose-console:v4.5.0-202009201759.p02020-10-01redhat
redhatopenshift3/oauth-proxy:v3.11.170-52020-02-19redhat
redhatopenshift4/ose-oauth-proxy:v4.1.18-2019092019152019-09-27redhat
redhatopenshift3/snapshot-provisioner:v3.11.141-22019-09-03redhat
redhatpatch2019-05-20redhat
redhatpython-0:2.7.5-69.el7_52018-07-03redhat
redhatopenssl2017-11-16redhat
redhatmod_cluster-native-0:1.2.13-9.Final_redhat_2.ep6.el72017-11-16redhat
redhattomcat7-0:7.0.54-28_patch_05.ep6.el72017-11-02redhat
redhatpatch2017-11-02redhat
redhatjbcs-httpd24-openssl-1:1.0.2h-14.jbcs.el72017-09-13redhat
redhatpatch2017-09-13redhat
redhatjbcs-httpd24-openssl-1:1.0.2h-14.jbcs.el62017-09-13redhat
redhatjava-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.1-1jpp.1.el6_82017-05-09redhat
redhatjava-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.4.1-1jpp.2.el72017-03-08redhat
redhatjava-1.7.0-ibm-1:1.7.0.10.1-1jpp.1.el5_112017-02-28redhat
redhatjava-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.1-1jpp.2.el72017-02-28redhat
redhatjava-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.41-1jpp.1.el6_82017-02-28redhat
redhatopenssl-1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.72016-09-27redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(5)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 1× in last 7d / 8× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-12 08:07 UTCOSV refresh
  2. 2026-07-06 02:20 UTCEPSS rescore
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  4. 2026-06-28 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
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  7. 2026-06-23 21:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-06-23 13:30 UTCOSV refresh
  9. 2026-06-16 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
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  20. 2026-06-08 14:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-06-06 15:59 UTCOSV refresh
  22. 2026-06-05 22:44 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-06-04 13:10 UTCEPSS rescore
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  5. 2026-05-31 22:28 UTCEPSS rescore
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  17. 2026-05-22 18:58 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-05-22 18:58 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-05-22 18:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-05-22 08:39 UTCOSV refresh
  21. 2026-05-20 22:37 UTCEPSS rescore
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  28. 2026-05-18 21:30 UTCEPSS rescore

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2016-2183?
CVE-2016-2183 is a high vulnerability published on September 1, 2016. The DES and Triple DES ciphers, as used in the TLS, SSH, and IPSec protocols and other protocols and products, have a birthday bound of approximately four billion blocks, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain cleartext data via a birthday attack against a long-duration encrypted…
When was CVE-2016-2183 disclosed?
CVE-2016-2183 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 1, 2016, with the most recent update on May 29, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2016-2183 actively exploited?
CVE-2016-2183 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 99.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2016-2183?
CVE-2016-2183 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2016-2183?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2016-2183, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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