VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-2167

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM

EPSS probability6.81%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2016-05-05

Last modified2026-06-17

Description

The canonicalize_username function in svnserve/cyrus_auth.c in Apache Subversion before 1.8.16 and 1.9.x before 1.9.4, when Cyrus SASL authentication is used, allows remote attackers to authenticate and bypass intended access restrictions via a realm string that is a prefix of an expected repository realm string.