CVE-2020-15778

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-15778
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-07-24 14:15:12 UTC
Updated2026-10-14 10:17:30 UTC
Descriptionscp 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."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.4 HIGH from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-78 | n/a | CWE-78 CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.4HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1ADPDECLARED7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Broadcom Fabric Operating System - All All All
Hardware Netapp A700s - All All All
Operating System Netapp A700s Firmware - All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager All All All All
Hardware Netapp Hci Compute Node - All All All
Application Netapp Hci Management Node - All All All
Hardware Netapp Hci Storage Node - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire - All All All
Application Netapp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage - All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh All All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 8.3 - All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 8.3 p1 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified
ADP Openbsd Openssh affected 8.3p1 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e cert-portal.siemens.com
OpenSSH: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202212-06) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Deprecating Scp | Hacker News af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 news.ycombinator.com Third Party Advisory
CVE-2020-15778 OpenSSH Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
OpenSSH: Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openssh.com Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3166 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
GitHub - cpandya2909/CVE-2020-15778 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 38901 OpenSSH Command Injection Vulnerability
  • 591406 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU GNU/Linux subsystem Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSB-439005, ICSA-22-104-13)
  • 670406 EulerOS Security Update for openssh (EulerOS-SA-2021-1993)
  • 710695 Gentoo Linux OpenSSH Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202212-06)
  • 900081 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for openssh 8.0p1
  • 902817 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for openssh (2521)

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