CVE-2020-15778
What it is
scp in OpenSSH through 8.3p1 allows command injection in the scp.c toremote function, as demonstrated by backtick characters in the destination argument. NOTE: the vendor reportedly has stated that they intentionally omit validation of "anomalous argument transfers" because that could "stand a great chance of breaking existing workflows."
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited from the same network segment with a low-privilege account, but needs a user to act. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 13.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS). Higher than most.
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 13.7% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.4 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 13.7% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-78 · OS command injection
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Openbsd OpenSSH < 8.3
- Openbsd OpenSSH 8.3
- Netapp a700s Firmware
- Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager
- Netapp Hci Management Node
- Netapp Solidfire
- Netapp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage
- Netapp Hci Compute Node
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.4
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Fix and advisories
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3166
- https://github.com/cpandya2909/CVE-2020-15778/
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25005567
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-06
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0007/
- https://www.openssh.com/security.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3166
- https://github.com/cpandya2909/CVE-2020-15778/
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25005567
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-06
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0007/
- https://www.openssh.com/security.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html