CVE-2016-7408: Dropbear SSH Project Dropbear SSH

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 4.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The dbclient in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) -m or (2) -c argument.

Affected products

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

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