CVE-2016-6902
lshell 0.9.16 allows remote authenticated users to break out of a limited shell and execute arbitrary commands.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
lshell 0.9.16 allows remote authenticated users to break out of a limited shell and execute arbitrary commands.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.9 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.47% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- lshell project/lshell
- Source
- security@debian.org
EPSS 5.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/22/17Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92591Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=834949Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1369345Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/ghantoos/lshell/commit/a686f71732a3d0f16df52ef46ab8a49ee0083c68Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ghantoos/lshell/issues/147Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/22/17Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92591Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=834949Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1369345Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/ghantoos/lshell/commit/a686f71732a3d0f16df52ef46ab8a49ee0083c68Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ghantoos/lshell/issues/147Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.