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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-4460

Apache Pony Mail 0.6c through 0.8b allows remote attackers to bypass authentication.

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CVE-2016-4460
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1 Nov 2026, 06:05 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2016-4460

core-osv · Original source

Published 22 Aug 2017, 18:29 UTC

Apache Pony Mail 0.6c through 0.8b allows remote attackers to bypass authentication.

osv:CVE-2016-4460
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4460",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "Apache Pony Mail 0.6c through 0.8b allows remote attackers to bypass authentication.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-4460",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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                },
                {
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                }
              ],
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:pony_mail:0.7b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.7b"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.7b"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
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                      }
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                  }
                ]
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.7b",
            "0.8b"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:35.291391356Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [],
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            ],
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            "extracted_events": [
              {
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                    "introduced": "0.6c"
                  },
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                  }
                ],
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              }
            ]
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        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-4460",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433711,
  "published_at": "2017-08-22T18:29:00.34+00:00"
}