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CVE-2016-10011

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10011 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting OpenSSH versions prior to 7.4. It stems from improper handling of buffer contents during realloc operations in authfile.c, potentially allowing local users to extract sensitive private-key information from a privilege-separated child process. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5, indicating a low attack complexity and local access requirement, with a high impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion is minimal, with only one mention found.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0110 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: openssh-0:7.4p1-11.el7
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: openssh
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: openssh
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: openssh

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-10011Low

openssh: Leak of host private key material to privilege-separated child process via realloc()

Dec 19, 2016

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2029
cert-portal.siemens.com / productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
cert-portal.siemens.com / productcert/pdf/ssa-676336.pdf
github.com / openbsd/src/commit/ac8147a06ed2e2403fb6b9a0c03e618a9333c0e9
Patch
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00010.html
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20171130-0002
support.hpe.com / hpsc/doc/public/display
openssh.com / txt/release-7.4
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/12/19/2
Mailing ListRelease Notes
securityfocus.com / bid/94977
securitytracker.com / id/1037490
slackware.com / security/viewer.php