vulnerability
OpenSSH Vulnerability: CVE-2020-15778
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jul 24, 2020 | Jul 31, 2020 | Apr 17, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jul 24, 2020
Added
Jul 31, 2020
Modified
Apr 17, 2026
Description
scp in OpenSSH through 8.3p1 allows command injection in the scp.c toremote function, as demonstrated by backtick characters in the destination argument. NOTE: the vendor reportedly has stated that they intentionally omit validation of "anomalous argument transfers" because that could "stand a great chance of breaking existing workflows."
Solution
openbsd-openssh-upgrade-latest
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