Is CVE-2016-10010 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-10010 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-10010?

CVE-2016-10010 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.0 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-10010?

CVE-2016-10010 has an EPSS score of 4.24% (90th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-10010?

Upgrade openssh on debian 11 to 1:7.4p1-1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-10010

HIGHEPSS 90th pctl

7.0

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4, when privilege separation is not used, creates forwarded Unix-domain sockets as root, which might allow local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, related to serverloop.c.

CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls CWE-269Improper Privilege Management

How to fix

Remediation Available

opensshDebian

Fixed in:1:7.4p1-1CVE-2016-10010

opensshUbuntu

Fixed in:1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.10USN-3538-1

Fixed in:1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.4USN-3538-1

openssh-serverUbuntu

Fixed in:1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.10USN-3538-1

Fixed in:1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.4USN-3538-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

4.24%probability of exploitation in 30 days

90thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 90% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Mailing List1

openwall.com

Other references11

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-29.