{"id":"ALPINE-CVE-2017-9079","details":"Dropbear before 2017.75 might allow local users to read certain files as root, if the file has the authorized_keys file format with a command= option. This occurs because ~/.ssh/authorized_keys is read with root privileges and symlinks are followed.","modified":"2026-06-15T18:24:19.685374922Z","published":"2017-05-19T14:29:00.310Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-9079"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-9079"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dropbear","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.4","purl":"pkg:apk/alpine/dropbear?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2017.75-r0"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-9079.json"}},{"package":{"name":"dropbear","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.5","purl":"pkg:apk/alpine/dropbear?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2017.75-r0"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-9079.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"}]}