CVE-2018-15599
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Published: August 21, 2018 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:42 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxDropbear SSH
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
The recv_msg_userauth_request function in svr-auth.c in Dropbear through 2018.76 is prone to a user enumeration vulnerability because username validity affects how fields in SSH_MSG_USERAUTH messages are handled, a similar issue to CVE-2018-15473 in an unrelated codebase.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v ≤ 2018.76
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (5)
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2018q3/002108.htmlx_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2018q3/002109.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00026.htmlx_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://old.reddit.com/r/blackhat/comments/97ywnm/openssh_username_enumeration/e4e05n2/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200
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