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CVE-2016-3115
Multiple CRLF injection vulnerabilities in session.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.2p2 allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended…
Medium6.4EPSS 35.5%
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- mitre
Description
Multiple CRLF injection vulnerabilities in session.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.2p2 allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended shell-command restrictions via crafted X11 forwarding data, related to the (1) do_authenticated1 and (2) session_x11_req functions.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium6.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 35.5% · top 1.5% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (25)
- http://www.openssh.com/txt/x11fwd.adv (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-3115 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136234/OpenSSH-7.2p1-xauth-Command-Injection-Bypass.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FreeBSD-SA-16:14 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 39569 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:0466 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/session.c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1035249 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-fc1cc33e05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/session.c.diff?r1=1.281&r2=1.282&f=h (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-d339d610c1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa121 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201612-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 84314 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-0bcab055a7 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180910 [SECURITY] [DLA 1500-1] openssh security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-08e5803496 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 20160314 CVE-2016-3116 - Dropbear SSH xauth injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:0465 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-188267b485 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 20160314 CVE-2016-3115 - OpenSSH <=7.2p1 xauth injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-bb59db3c86 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .