Name: CVE-2018-15599: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2018-08-21T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2018-15599, CWE-200, CVSS 5.3, EPSS 0.02686

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.3
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade dropbear	Nov 9, 2018	Aug 21, 2018
Debian	—	Upgrade dropbear	Feb 19, 2019	Aug 20, 2018
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Aug 21, 2018

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