Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization Affecting openssh package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment by Snyk's Security Team. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (3rd percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-OPENSSH-10078686
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed24 Dec 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-51767  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-653  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for openssh.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization with the memory involved in the mm_answer_authpassword() function. A co-located attacker with low privileges can escalate privileges by inducing bit flips through ROWHAMMER attacks on stack variables and register values.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1