CVE-2016-2951: IBM Bigfix Remote Control

Low severity, CVSS 3.7. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 does not properly set the default encryption strength, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by sniffing the network and performing calculations on encrypted data.

Affected products

• IBM Bigfix Remote Control: up to and including 9.1.2

Published 2016-11-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.