CVE-2016-3169: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.1. EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The User module in Drupal 6.x before 6.38 and 7.x before 7.43 allows remote attackers to gain privileges by leveraging contributed or custom code that calls the user_save function with an explicit category and loads all roles into the array.

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.