CVE-2016-7408

8.8 highEPSS 4.3%

High (8.8) in dropbear ssh project dropbear ssh. EPSS 4.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The dbclient in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) -m or (2) -c argument.

Severity

8.8 high

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

EPSS: 4.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 91% of CVEs (scores of 2026-11-01)
CWE: CWE-284
Published: 2017-03-03
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19