VDB
GHSA-8vpj-6xx8-gx4p
GHSA-8vpj-6xx8-gx4p
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 17, 2022
The SSH implementation in Cisco StarOS before 19.3.M0.62771 and 20.x before 20.0.M0.62768 on ASR 5000 devices mishandles a multi-user public-key authentication configuration, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by establishing a connection from an endpoint that was previously used for an administrator's connection, aka Bug ID CSCux22492.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Timeline
- May 17, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory
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The same record, from the CLI:
vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-8vpj-6xx8-gx4p
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-8vpj-6xx8-gx4p
Or with curl, using the org id and key from your account page:
curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
"https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-8vpj-6xx8-gx4p/fixes/registry"
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