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CVE-2016-6838

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-09-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Huawei X6800 and XH620 V3 servers with software before V100R003C00SPC606, RH1288 V3 servers with software before V100R003C00SPC613, RH2288 V3 servers with software before V100R003C00SPC617, CH140 V3 and CH226 V3 servers with software before V100R001C00SPC122, CH220 V3 servers with software before V100R001C00SPC201, and CH121 V3 and CH222 V3 servers with software before V100R001C00SPC202 might allow remote attackers to decrypt encrypted data and consequently obtain sensitive information by leveraging selection of an insecure SSH encryption algorithm.

Affected products

• Huawei Ch121 V3 Server Firmware: v100r001c00
• Huawei Ch140 V3 Server Firmware: v100r001c00
• Huawei Ch220 V3 Server Firmware: v100r001c00
• Huawei Ch222 V3 Server Firmware: v100r001c00
• Huawei Ch226 V3 Server Firmware: v100r001c00
• Huawei Rh1288 V3 Server Firmware: v100r003c00
• Huawei Rh2288 V3 Server Firmware: v100r003c00
• Huawei X6800 V3 Server Firmware: v100r003c00
• Huawei Xh620 V3 Server Firmware: v100r003c00

References

• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160817-02-server-en
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92503
• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160817-02-server-en
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92503

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