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CVE-2016-10011
authfile.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4 does not properly consider the effects of realloc on buffer contents, which might allow local…
- 6.2MediumCVSS base score
- 1.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 34% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
authfile.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4 does not properly consider the effects of realloc on buffer contents, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive private-key information by leveraging access to a privilege-separated child process.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 17 days later
· 17 days later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium6.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 34% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · 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 6.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171130-0002/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161219 Announce: OpenSSH 7.4 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- 1037490 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/ac8147a06ed2e2403fb6b9a0c03e618a9333c0e9 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03818en_us (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.647637 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2029 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180910 [SECURITY] [DLA 1500-1] openssh security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- 94977 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.4 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-676336.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2016-1208 (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)
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