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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 3.1
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, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.20openssh5.2_p1-r0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.17openssh7.2_p1-r0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.22openssh7.5, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.17dropbear2015.71-r1, 2016.73-r0, 2016.74-r0
Alpine:v3.13dropbear2014.63-r0, 0, 0.52-r0
Alpine:v3.8openssh7.7_p1-r1, 7.7_p1-r3, *
Alpine:v3.18dropbear2014.65-r0, 2014.66-r0, 2014.66-r1
Alpine:v3.10dropbear2015.68-r0, 2015.68-r1, 2015.68-r2
Alpine:v3.14openssh*, 5.8_p2-r0, 5.8_p1-r2
Alpine:v3.13openssh0, 0, 7.9
Alpine:v3.24openssh0, 0
Alpine:v3.16openssh6.0_p1-r0, 0, 5.1_p1-r1
Alpine:v3.15dropbear2015.68-r2, 2015.68-r1, 2015.68-r0
Alpine:v3.23dropbear2015.68-r2, 2016.74-r1, 2016.74-r0
Alpine:v3.24dropbear0, 0
Alpine:v3.9openssh6.6_p1-r1, 6.6_p1-r0, 6.4_p1-r0
Alpine:v3.10openssh7.9_p1-r1, 7.8_p1-r0, 7.7_p1-r4
Alpine:v3.12openssh6.9_p1-r5, 6.9_p1-r4, 6.9_p1-r3
Alpine:v3.7openssh7.5_p1-r1, 7.5_p1-r0, 7.4_p1-r2

…and 15 more

Timeline

  • Jan 10, 2019 CVE Published
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • Jun 9, 2026 CVE Updated
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