{"cve":"CVE-2006-5229","nvd":{"published":"2006-10-10T23:07:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:30:47.667","status":"Modified","description":"OpenSSH portable 4.1 on SUSE Linux, and possibly other platforms and versions, and possibly under limited configurations, allows remote attackers to determine valid usernames via timing discrepancies in which responses take longer for valid usernames than invalid ones, as demonstrated by sshtime.  NOTE: as of 20061014, it appears that this issue is dependent on the use of manually-set passwords that causes delays when processing /etc/shadow due to an increased number of rounds.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-200"],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/25979","http://www.osvdb.org/32721","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448025/100/0/threaded","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448108/100/0/threaded","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448156/100/0/threaded"],"products":["openbsd:openssh"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:43:14.363260067+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-5229","score":0.58329,"percentile":0.99096,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}