CVE•Published 2016-03-22•Modified 2026-05-29•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-3115Openbsd · Openssh
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
6.4
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS percentile
98
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 2% of all CVEs
Description
Multiple CRLF injection vulnerabilities in session.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.2p2 allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended shell-command restrictions via crafted X11 forwarding data, related to the (1) do_authenticated1 and (2) session_x11_req functions.
Timeline
Published 2016-03-22
Modified 2026-05-29
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag835,859 hosts
vuln:CVE-2016-3115Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Openbsd Openssh"All exposed Openbsd Openssh instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Openssh"HTTP body or banner mentions "Openssh" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-3115Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-3115Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-3115Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-3115GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-3115" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.