CVE-2020-15778
scp in OpenSSH through 8.3p1 allows command injection in the scp.c toremote function, as demonstrated by backtick characters in the destination argument.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.7%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
scp 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."
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 13.68% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- openbsd/openssh · netapp/a700s firmware · netapp/active iq unified manager · netapp/hci management node · netapp/solidfire · netapp/steelstore cloud integrated storage · netapp/hci compute node · netapp/hci storage node · broadcom/fabric operating system
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 13.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3166Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cpandya2909/CVE-2020-15778/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25005567Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-06Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0007/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openssh.com/security.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3166Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cpandya2909/CVE-2020-15778/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25005567Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-06Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0007/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openssh.com/security.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.