CVE-2002-1646
SSH Secure Shell for Servers 3.0.0 to 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to override the AllowedAuthentications configuration and use less secure authentication schemes (e.g. password) than configured for the server.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.64%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
SSH Secure Shell for Servers 3.0.0 to 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to override the AllowedAuthentications configuration and use less secure authentication schemes (e.g. password) than configured for the server.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.64% probability · 90th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- ssh/secure shell for servers
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0204.htmlPatch
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-081.shtml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/341187US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4810Patch
- http://www.ssh.com/company/newsroom/article/201/
- http://www.ssh.com/products/ssh/advisories/authentication.cfmPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9163
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0204.htmlPatch
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-081.shtml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/341187US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4810Patch
- http://www.ssh.com/company/newsroom/article/201/
- http://www.ssh.com/products/ssh/advisories/authentication.cfmPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9163
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.