CVE-2016-3116
CRLF injection vulnerability in Dropbear SSH before 2016.72 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended shell-command restrictions via crafted X11 forwarding data.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 19.8%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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 3.0
- 6.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 19.80% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 3 March 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- dropbear ssh project/dropbear ssh
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 21.1% on 21 September 2026 to 19.8% 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://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179261.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179269.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179870.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00105.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00113.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136251/Dropbear-SSHD-xauth-Command-Injection-Bypass.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/47
- https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-3115
- https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGES
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-08
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179261.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179269.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179870.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00105.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00113.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136251/Dropbear-SSHD-xauth-Command-Injection-Bypass.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/47
- https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-3115
- https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGES
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-08
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.