CVE-2016-20012 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2016-20012

OpenSSH through 8.7 allows remote attackers, who have a suspicion...

Vulnerability Description

OpenSSH through 8.7 allows remote attackers, who have a suspicion that a certain combination of username and public key is known to an SSH server, to test whether this suspicion is correct. This occurs because a challenge is sent only when that combination could be valid for a login session. NOTE: the vendor does not recognize user enumeration as a vulnerability for this product

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

openssh, clustered data ontap, hci management node, ontap select deploy administration utility, solidfire
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: September 15th, 2021
Last Modified: May 29th, 2026
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.