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CVE-2016-5935 IBM CVE debrief

CVE-2016-5935 is an IBM information-disclosure issue tied to improper SSL certificate validation in Jazz for Service Management-related components. A remote attacker positioned for man-in-the-middle interception could potentially read sensitive information in transit. NVD rates the issue Medium (5.9) with network access required but high attack complexity.

Vendor
IBM
Product
CVE-2016-5935
CVSS
MEDIUM 5.9
CISA KEV
Not listed in stored evidence
Original CVE published
2017-02-02
Original CVE updated
2026-05-13
Advisory published
2017-02-02
Advisory updated
2026-05-13

Who should care

Administrators and security teams operating IBM Jazz for Service Management or related Dashboard Application Services Hub deployments should review IBM’s advisory and determine whether their environment is affected.

Technical summary

The NVD record maps this issue to CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) and describes a failure to properly validate SSL certificates. The practical impact is confidentiality loss over network paths where an attacker can intercept TLS traffic and relay or replace certificates. NVD’s CVSS v3.0 vector is AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Defensive priority

Medium

Recommended defensive actions

  • Review IBM’s vendor advisory and apply the vendor-provided remediation for any affected deployment.
  • Verify that SSL/TLS certificate validation is enforced in the affected IBM components and any adjacent integrations.
  • Audit trust stores, proxies, and certificate chains to ensure only expected certificates are accepted.
  • Treat affected traffic as sensitive to interception until remediation is complete and validation behavior is confirmed.

Evidence notes

The supplied NVD record was published on 2017-02-02 and modified on 2026-05-13. It cites IBM’s vendor advisory (swg21997711) and a SecurityFocus BID entry (96003). NVD classifies the weakness as CWE-200 and assigns CVSS v3.0 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N. The NVD CPE metadata marks Dashboard Application Services Hub 3.1.3 as vulnerable and lists Jazz for Service Management 1.1.3 as not vulnerable, so product scope should be confirmed against IBM’s advisory.

Official resources

Publicly disclosed in the NVD record on 2017-02-02. No KEV listing is provided in the supplied corpus.