{"id":"CVE-2020-15778","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-15778","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:32:43.030Z","title":"scp in OpenSSH through 8.3p1 allows command injection in the scp.c toremote function, as demonstrated by backtick characters in the destination argument.","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.\"","published":"2020-07-24T14:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-14T10:17:31.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.4,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["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"],"epss":{"score":0.13675,"percentile":0.96463,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3166","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/cpandya2909/CVE-2020-15778/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25005567","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-06","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0007/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.openssh.com/security.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3166","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/cpandya2909/CVE-2020-15778/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25005567","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-06","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0007/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.openssh.com/security.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html","source":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15778","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}