CVE-2016-7407: Dropbear SSH Project Dropbear SSH

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 5.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The dropbearconvert command in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OpenSSH key file.

Affected products

• Dropbear SSH Project Dropbear SSH: up to and including 2016.73

Published 2017-03-03. Last modified 2026-06-17.