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GHSA-28hp-2gv6-gjp8
GHSA-28hp-2gv6-gjp8
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.300000190734863 MEDIUM
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022
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 3.0
5.300000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Timeline
- May 13, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch (2 in total, the first dated here)
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20685 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3702 url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106531 url
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-16 url
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-53 url
- https://sintonen.fi/advisories/scp-client-multiple-vulnerabilities.txt url
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3885-1 url
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4387 url
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html url
- https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/6010c0303a422a9c5fa8860c061bf7105eb7f8b2 url
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf url
- https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/scp.c.diff?r1=1.197&r2=1.198&f=h url
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00030.html url
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190215-0001 url
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html url