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CVE-2016-3116

Published: Mar 22, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
6.4CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
19.3%
Top 3.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in Dropbear SSH before 2016.72 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended shell-command restrictions via crafted X11 forwarding data.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:CC:LI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

n/an/a
dropbear sshdropbear ssh project
On-prem
Security Products / secure-gateway-vpn
dropbear ssh projectoss-projectSecurity Productsaka dropbear ssh

Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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References

https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-3115
github.com
https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGES
matt.ucc.asn.au
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179269.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
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Timeline

Published
Mar 22, 2016
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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