CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-51385
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-12-18
- Last modified
- 2026-10-15
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78
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.
Affected configurations
• openbsd openssh (< 9.6)
• debian debian linux 10.0
• debian debian linux 11.0
• debian debian linux 12.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/21 seclists.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/26/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/7ef3787c84b6b524501211b11a26c742f829af1a Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00017.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-17 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240105-0005/ security.netapp.com
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214084 support.apple.com
- https://vin01.github.io/piptagole/ssh/security/openssh/libssh/remote-code-execution/2023/12/20/openssh-proxycommand-libssh-rce.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5586 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-9.6 Release Notes
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/18/2 Mailing List, Release Notes
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/21 seclists.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/26/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/07/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/12/1 www.openwall.com
- https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/7ef3787c84b6b524501211b11a26c742f829af1a Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00017.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-17 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240105-0005/ security.netapp.com
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214084 support.apple.com
- https://vin01.github.io/piptagole/ssh/security/openssh/libssh/remote-code-execution/2023/12/20/openssh-proxycommand-libssh-rce.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5586 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-9.6 Release Notes
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/18/2 Mailing List, Release Notes
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html cert-portal.siemens.com
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-769027.html cert-portal.siemens.com
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html cert-portal.siemens.com