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CVE-2016-1908

The client in OpenSSH before 7.2 mishandles failed cookie generation for untrusted X11 forwarding and relies on the local X11 server for access-control decisions, which allows remote X11 clients to trigger a fallback and obtain trusted X11 forwarding privileges by leveraging configuration issues on this X11 server, as demonstrated by lack of the SECURITY extension on this X11 server.

Severity
Critical 9.8
Published
11 Apr 2017
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
21 Oct 2026
Fixed in
7.2
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
OpenSSHServers and applications · cpe:a:openbsd:openssh
  • Every version before 7.2

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1908
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1908