🛡️ CVE-2023-51385
🟡 CVSS 6.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-78 NVD
6.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

In ssh in OpenSSH before 9.6, OS command injection might occur if a user name or host name has shell metacharacters, and this name is referenced by an expansion token in certain situations. For example, an untrusted Git repository can have a submodule with shell metacharacters in a user name or host name.

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE CWE-78
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-12-18
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2026-05-12

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
debian-linux
openssh 9.6

References

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/26/4
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/26/4

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