OS Command Injection Affecting openssh-portable package, versions [,9.6-p1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.34% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENSSHPORTABLE-6132367
  • published20 Dec 2023
  • disclosed18 Dec 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-51385  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openssh-portable to version 9.6-p1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to OS Command Injection due to improper handling of user names or host names containing shell metacharacters. A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary OS commands by using expansion tokens (e.g., %u, %h) with such user names or host names.

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