{
    "id": "CVE-2006-1206",
    "published": "2006-03-14 01:06:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:22:13",
    "cvss_score": "5.0",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
    "cwe": null,
    "description": "Matt Johnston Dropbear SSH server 0.47 and earlier, as used in embedded Linux devices and on general-purpose operating systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection slot exhaustion) via a large number of connection attempts that exceeds the MAX_UNAUTH_CLIENTS defined value of 30.",
    "epss_score": "0.11671",
    "epss_percentile": "0.95921",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-27 18:17:05",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "dropbear_ssh_project",
            "product": "dropbear_ssh"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "1572",
            "title": "Dropbear / OpenSSH Server - 'MAX_UNAUTH_CLIENTS' Denial of Service",
            "date": "2006-03-10",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1572"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://securitytracker.com/id?1015742",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426999/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17024",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25075",
        "http://securitytracker.com/id?1015742",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426999/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17024",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25075"
    ]
}