{"cve":"CVE-2017-2659","nvd":{"published":"2019-03-21T15:59:57.093","modified":"2026-06-17T01:16:36.320","status":"Modified","description":"It was found that dropbear before version 2013.59 with GSSAPI leaks whether given username is valid or invalid. When an invalid username is given, the GSSAPI authentication failure was incorrectly counted towards the maximum allowed number of password attempts.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-287","CWE-209"],"references":["https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2659","https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/d7784616409a#l1.86","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2659","https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/d7784616409a#l1.86"],"products":["dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:55:22.313337056+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-2659","score":0.01505,"percentile":0.7435,"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."]}