Medium
Security advisory
authfile.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4 does not properly consider the effects of realloc on buffer contents, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive private-key information by leveraging access to a privilege-separated child process.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2016-10011
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 09:03 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
authfile.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4 does not properly consider the effects of realloc on buffer contents, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive private-key information by leveraging access to a privilege-separated child process.
osv:CVE-2016-10011
Complete source record
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