CVE-2014-2532

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-2532
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-03-18 05:18:19 UTC
Updated2026-05-28 18:16:22 UTC
Descriptionsshd in OpenSSH before 6.6 does not properly support wildcards on AcceptEnv lines in sshd_config, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended environment restrictions by using a substring located before a wildcard character.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 4.2 MEDIUM from ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 0.001040000 probability, percentile 0.280730000 (date 2026-06-02)

Problem Types: CWE-264 | CWE-20 | CWE-266 | n/a | CWE-266 CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment | CWE-20 CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ADPDECLARED4.2MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary4.2MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
3.0[email protected]Primary4.9MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary5.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.0 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.2 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.3 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.4 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh All All All All
Application Oracle Communications User Data Repository 10.0.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0143 - Updated openssh packages fix CVE-2014-2532 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2014:068 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: openssh-6.2p2-8.fc19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: openssh-6.4p1-4.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
APPLE-SA-2015-09-30-3 OS X El Capitan 10.11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2894-1 openssh af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
OpenSSH AcceptEnv Wildcard Processing Flaw May Let Remote Authenticated Users Bypass Environment Restrictions - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
USN-2155-1: OpenSSH vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:095 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
OpenSSH 'child_set_env()' Function Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
'Announce: OpenSSH 6.6 released' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
'[security bulletin] HPSBUX03188 SSRT101487 rev.1 - HP-UX running HP Secure Shell, Remote Denial of S' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CPU July 2018 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
About the security content of OS X El Capitan v10.11 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/openssh_advisory4.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 aix.software.ibm.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA59855 - SUSE update for openssh - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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