Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Drupal core (drupal/core and drupal/drupal) versions 8.0 up to 8.2.3 are vulnerable. A remote attacker can carry out cache poisoning on the user password reset form because the form does not specify a correct cache context. Upgrade to Drupal 8.2.3 or later.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | High | 3.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N | GitHub Advisory Database |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.010, the 63rd percentile, on 11 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:30 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:30 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-98w5-wqp9-w466
- OSV: GHSA-98w5-wqp9-w466
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9450
- github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/core/CVE-2016-9450.yaml
- github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/drupal/CVE-2016-9450.yaml
- github.com/drupal/core
- www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-005
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94367