CVE-2016-3168: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.4. EPSS: 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The System module in Drupal 6.x before 6.38 and 7.x before 7.43 might allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of site administrators for requests that download and run files with arbitrary JSON-encoded content, aka a "reflected file download vulnerability."

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.