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CVE-2016-6210

5.9 mediumEPSS 89%

Medium (5.9) in openbsd openssh. EPSS 89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

sshd in OpenSSH before 7.3, when SHA256 or SHA512 are used for user password hashing, uses BLOWFISH hashing on a static password when the username does not exist, which allows remote attackers to enumerate users by leveraging the timing difference between responses when a large password is provided.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.9 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 99% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-200
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

References

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