CVE-2016-6838 describes a vulnerability in various Huawei server models, including the X6800, XH620 V3, RH1288 V3, RH2288 V3, CH140 V3, CH226 V3, CH220 V3, CH121 V3, and CH222 V3, where insecure SSH encryption algorithms could be leveraged. This allows remote attackers to decrypt encrypted data and obtain sensitive information. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no privileges or user interaction, and leading to high confidentiality impact. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
v100r003c00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:rh1288_v3_server_firmware:v100r003c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
v100r003c00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:rh2288_v3_server_firmware:v100r003c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
v100r003c00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:x6800_v3_server_firmware:v100r003c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
v100r003c00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:xh620_v3_server_firmware:v100r003c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
v100r001c00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:ch121_v3_server_firmware:v100r001c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.