Security advisory

{
  "id": "ee85633366b0562dc1a5845dda42f2dff3a15c955f2ebe592cde4e5ddedf17cc",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6903",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-6903",
    "summary": "lshell 0.9.16 allows remote authenticated users to break out of a limited shell and execute arbitrary commands.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-6903",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-6903",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-6903",
        "PYSEC-2017-154"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/ghantoos/lshell",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "73ebe9c7bf103c2c1b49bdaeeb52683de30f4098"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "73ebe9c7bf103c2c1b49bdaeeb52683de30f4098"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "e72dfcd1f258193f9aaea3591ecbdaed207661a0"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:lshell_project:lshell:0.9.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.9.16"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.9.16"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "e72dfcd1f258193f9aaea3591ecbdaed207661a0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.9.16"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6903.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:46:35.282678534Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=834946",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1369345",
        "https://github.com/ghantoos/lshell/commit/e72dfcd1f258193f9aaea3591ecbdaed207661a0",
        "https://github.com/ghantoos/lshell/issues/149",
        "https://github.com/ghantoos/lshell/pull/153/commits/a686f71732a3d0f16df52ef46ab8a49ee0083c68"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-6903",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 379329,
  "published_at": "2017-04-24T19:59:00.377+00:00"
}