CVE-2019-6110

high-risk
Published 2019-01-31

In OpenSSH 7.9, due to accepting and displaying arbitrary stderr output from the server, a malicious server (or Man-in-The-Middle attacker) can manipulate the client output, for example to use ANSI control codes to hide additional files being transferred.

Do I need to act?

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57.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 42% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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2 public exploits available
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 6.8/10 Medium
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Vendors

53
/ 100
high-risk
Severity 21/34 · High
Exploitability 18/34 · Moderate
Exposure 14/34 · Moderate