CVE-2016-2167

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Published 2016-05-05 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
6.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2
4.9
VIR risk
6.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
77%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2167

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2016-2167-advisory.txt

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2167.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.9.4-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.9.4-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.9.4-1
debian debiansidfixed1.9.4-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.9.4-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
apache apachesubversion{"endIncluding":"1.8.15"}
apache apachesubversion1.9.0
apache apachesubversion1.9.1
apache apachesubversion1.9.2
apache apachesubversion1.9.3

References

CWEs

CWE-284

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.