CVE-2020-15778

high-risk
Published 2020-07-24

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."

Do I need to act?

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61.5% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 39% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.4/10 High
ADJACENT_NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (11)

Affected Vendors

Openbsd Broadcom Netapp

References (12)

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3166
Exploit https://github.com/cpandya2909/CVE-2020-15778/
Third Party Advisory https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25005567
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-06
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0007/
Vendor Advisory https://www.openssh.com/security.html
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3166
Exploit https://github.com/cpandya2909/CVE-2020-15778/
Third Party Advisory https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25005567
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-06
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0007/
Vendor Advisory https://www.openssh.com/security.html
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high-risk
Severity 23/34 · High
Exploitability 19/34 · Moderate
Exposure 16/34 · Moderate