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CVE-2016-2167
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-05-05T18:59:00.117 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:43:34.313

Summary

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.

Affected products

apache — subversion

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