CVE-2016-3115
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)…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 35.5%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 35.53% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 16 March 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-93
- Affected
- openbsd/openssh · oracle/vm server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 35.5% on 6 October 2026 to 35.5% on 26 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/session.c
- http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/session.c.diff?r1=1.281&r2=1.282&f=h
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183101.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183122.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178838.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179924.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/180491.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184264.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136234/OpenSSH-7.2p1-xauth-Command-Injection-Bypass.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0465.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0466.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/46
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/47
- http://www.openssh.com/txt/x11fwd.advVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84314
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035249
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa121
- https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-3115
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00010.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-18
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39569/
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:14.openssh.asc
- http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/session.c
- http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/session.c.diff?r1=1.281&r2=1.282&f=h
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183101.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183122.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178838.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.