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CVE-2016-3115

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4 EPSS 37.02% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-03-22 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.4. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. Its EPSS score suggests a 37.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2016-3115
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.4
EPSS
37.02%

Original NVD Description

Multiple CRLF injection vulnerabilities in session.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.2p2 allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended shell-command restrictions via crafted X11 forwarding data, related to the (1) do_authenticated1 and (2) session_x11_req functions.