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CVE-2003-0386

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0386 describes a bypass vulnerability in OpenSSH versions 3.6.1 and earlier, impacting OpenBSD. When host access is restricted by numeric IP addresses and VerifyReverseMapping is disabled, remote attackers can circumvent "from=" and "user@host" restrictions by manipulating reverse DNS entries to include the numeric IP address. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a high severity with potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, requiring no authentication and low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0577 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: openssh-0:3.1p1-21
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: openssh-0:3.6.1p2-33.30.9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2003-0386Low

security flaw

Jun 5, 2003

References

patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20060703-01-U.asc
lists.apple.com / mhonarc/security-announce/msg00038.html
secunia.com / advisories/21129
secunia.com / advisories/21262
secunia.com / advisories/21724
secunia.com / advisories/22196
secunia.com / advisories/23680
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9894
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-174.htm
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/978316
ExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0298.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0698.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/324016/2003-06-03/2003-06-09/0
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/7831
vmware.com / support/vi3/doc/esx-3069097-patch.html
vmware.com / support/vi3/doc/esx-9986131-patch.html