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ALPINE-CVE-2018-20685

ALPINE-CVE-2018-20685 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.300000190734863 MEDIUM

In OpenSSH 7.9, scp.c in the scp client allows remote SSH servers to bypass intended access restrictions via the filename of . or an empty filename. The impact is modifying the permissions of the target directory on the client side.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
5.300000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.9dropbear0, 2018.76-r2, 2018.76-r1
Alpine:v3.20openssh5.1_p1-r2, 7.9, 7.9
Alpine:v3.17openssh7.2_p1-r0, 7.9, 7.9
Alpine:v3.22openssh7.5, 7.9, 7.9
Alpine:v3.17dropbear2015.68-r1, 2015.68-r2, 2015.70-r2
Alpine:v3.13dropbear2013.58-r0, 0, 0.52-r0
Alpine:v3.8openssh7.5_p1-r5, 7.5_p1-r8, 7.6_p1-r0
Alpine:v3.18dropbear2013.58-r0, 2014.63-r0, 2014.65-r0
Alpine:v3.10dropbear2014.63-r0, 2014.65-r0, 2014.66-r0
Alpine:v3.14openssh*, 5.8_p2-r0, 5.8_p1-r2
Alpine:v3.13openssh7.9, 7.9, 7.9
Alpine:v3.16openssh*, 0, 5.1_p1-r1
Alpine:v3.15dropbear2015.68-r0, 2014.66-r1, 2014.65-r0
Alpine:v3.23dropbear2016.74-r1, 0, 0.52-r1
Alpine:v3.9openssh6.9_p1-r1, 6.9_p1-r0, *
Alpine:v3.10openssh*, *, *
Alpine:v3.12openssh7.2_p2-r0, 7.2_p1-r0, 7.1_p2-r0
Alpine:v3.7openssh7.5_p1-r1, 7.5_p1-r0, 7.4_p1-r2
Alpine:v3.15openssh7.5_p1-r2, *, *
Alpine:v3.16dropbear2012.55-r0, 0, 0.52-r0

…and 13 more

Timeline

  • Jan 10, 2019 CVE Published
  • Dec 3, 2025 CVE Updated
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
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