CVE-2016-3115

Exp

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.

Published: 2016-03-22 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-3115 is rated High Exploit Risk (70/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 37.02%, 98th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2016-3115

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
39569 exploit_db edb 2016-03-16 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-3115

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 50.37% 37.02% -13.35%
2 2026-05-30 47.11% 50.37% +3.26%
3 2026-05-20 — 47.11% —

Full EPSS history (47 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-3115

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.1 2.7 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
6.4 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.1 2.7 [email protected]
5.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-3115

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2016-3115

GHSA-p759-vw7c-cvg8 · Severity: medium — Multiple CRLF injection vulnerabilities in session.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.2p2 allow remote...

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-3115

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2016-3115 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (openssh), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3115
gentoo normal CVE-2016-3115: 1 GLSA(s) (201612-18), 1 atom(s) (net-misc/openssh); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2016-3115
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3115
suse medium CVE-2016-3115 severity moderate: SUSE including 42 source package names (openssh, openssh-5.1p1-41.74.1, …), 148 product×package rows across 50 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.5, SUSE Enterprise Storage 7, … (50 product lines)): Fixed 90, Known Not Affected 58. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3115/
ubuntu low CVE-2016-3115 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (openssh), 7 status rows across 7 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): released 4, not-affected 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3115

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2016-3115

Comment: <a href="https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/93.html">CWE-93: Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')</a>

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-3115

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openbsd openssh <= 7.2 cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:*:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle vm_server 3.2 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:vm_server:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-3115

URL Tags
http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/session.c
http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/session.c.diff?r1=1.281&r2=1.282&f=h
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183101.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183122.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178838.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179924.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/180491.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184264.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136234/OpenSSH-7.2p1-xauth-Command-Injection-Bypass.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0465.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0466.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/46
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/47
http://www.openssh.com/txt/x11fwd.adv Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84314
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035249
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa121
https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-3115
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00010.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-18
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39569/
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:14.openssh.asc
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