{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-7456 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2016-7456 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2016-7456 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Dec 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2016-7456 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2016-7456 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Dec 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-7456 exists.\n\nAffected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-7456/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-7456/index.md)","id":"CVE-2016-7456","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-7456/index.md","name":"CVE-2016-7456","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-x872-hfmg-7gqf"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"VMware vSphere Data Protection","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Remote attackers can gain unauthorized SSH access to VMware vSphere Data Protection appliances due to a hardcoded SSH private key password.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"hardcoded_credentials"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"vmware","cpe":[{"product":"vsphere_data_protection","vendor":"vmware"}],"cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"critical","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-255","name":null}],"description":"VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP) 5.5.x though 6.1.x has an SSH private key with a publicly known password, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain login access via an SSH session.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2016-12-20","github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":1,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2016-12-20","kind":"metasploit","ref":"exploit/linux/ssh/vmware_vdp_known_privkey","stars":null,"title":"VMware VDP Known SSH Key"}],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Hardcoded credentials in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-7456","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"hardcoded_credentials","year":"2016"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-7457"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cross-site request forgery in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-7454"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2016-12-29","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Deserialization in vSphere Data Protection (VDP)","id":"CVE-2017-4914","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-06-07"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Weak cryptography in vSphere Data Protection (VDP)","id":"CVE-2017-4917","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-06-07"},{"cvss_score":4.3,"headline":"Security feature bypass in n/a","id":"CVE-2014-4632","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2015-02-01"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"BSD-3-Clause","name":"Metasploit"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-06","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Remote attackers can gain unauthorized SSH access to VMware vSphere Data Protection appliances due to a hardcoded SSH private key password.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-7456/"}