CVE-2016-7407

9.8 criticalEPSS 5.8%

Critical (9.8) in dropbear ssh project dropbear ssh. EPSS 5.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The dropbearconvert command in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OpenSSH key file.

Severity

9.8 critical

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 5.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 93% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-20
Published: 2017-03-03
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19