GHSA-vf2p-h3m7-ch75

GHSA-vf2p-h3m7-ch75 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022

The auth_password function in auth-passwd.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.3 does not limit password lengths for password authentication, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crypt CPU consumption) via a long string.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

7.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Timeline

May 13, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch
Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory (2 in total, the first dated here)

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The same record, from the CLI:

vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-vf2p-h3m7-ch75
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-vf2p-h3m7-ch75

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curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-vf2p-h3m7-ch75/fixes/registry"

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