CVE-2020-15778

Public Exploit

Description

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."

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 65.65% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory openssh.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.openssh.com/security.html vendor advisory
https://github.com/cpandya2909/CVE-2020-15778/ third party advisory exploit
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0007/ third party advisory
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25005567 third party advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-06 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3166

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-15778?
CVE-2020-15778 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-15778?
To fix CVE-2020-15778, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-15778 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2020-15778 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~66% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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