CVE-2016-3163: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The XML-RPC system in Drupal 6.x before 6.38 and 7.x before 7.43 might make it easier for remote attackers to conduct brute-force attacks via a large number of calls made at once to the same method.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only
• Drupal Drupal: version 6.0 only; version 6.1 only; version 6.2 only; version 6.3 only; version 6.4 only; version 6.5 only; …

Published 2016-04-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.