CVE-2016-7406

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CVSS 3.0

9.8 critical

EPSS

10%p95

Published

Mar 3, 2017 (Mar 3, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

Format string vulnerability in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the (1) username or (2) host argument.

Vendors: dropbear ssh project
Products: dropbear ssh
Weakness: CWE-20
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (10.5%)

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