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CVE-2016-6903

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.9 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-04-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

lshell 0.9.16 allows remote authenticated users to break out of a limited shell and execute arbitrary commands.

Affected products

• Lshell Project Lshell: 0.9.16

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/22/17
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92591
• 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
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/22/17
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92591
• 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

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