CVE-2017-9079
Dropbear before 2017.75 might allow local users to read certain files as root, if the file has the authorized_keys file format with a command= option.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.31%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Dropbear before 2017.75 might allow local users to read certain files as root, if the file has the authorized_keys file format with a command= option. This occurs because ~/.ssh/authorized_keys is read with root privileges and symlinks are followed.
- CVSS 3.0
- 4.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.31% probability · 24th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-732
- Affected
- dropbear ssh project/dropbear ssh · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2017q2/001985.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3859Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0006/
- http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2017q2/001985.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3859Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0006/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.