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CVE-2023-38408

CRITICAL
9.8CVSS
Published: 2023-07-20
Updated: 2024-11-21
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Description

The PKCS#11 feature in ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 9.3p2 has an insufficiently trustworthy search path, leading to remote code execution if an agent is forwarded to an attacker-controlled system. (Code in /usr/lib is not necessarily safe for loading into ssh-agent.) NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-10009.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
low
Privileges
none
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
high
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-428CWE-428

Metadata

Primary Vendor
OPENBSD
Published
7/20/2023
Last Modified
11/21/2024
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

openbsd : opensshopenbsd : opensshopenbsd : opensshfedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedora

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