6.5

CVE-2012-0814: openbsd openssh Credentials Management Errors

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2012-0814
Published 27-01-2012Last modified 22-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-0814 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Credentials Management Errors vulnerability in openbsd openssh. EPSS estimates a 3.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
3.58%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 27-01-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The auth_parse_options function in auth-options.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 5.7 provides debug messages containing authorized_keys command options, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain potentially sensitive information by reading these messages, as demonstrated by the shared user account required by Gitolite. NOTE: this can cross privilege boundaries because a user account may intentionally have no shell or filesystem access, and therefore may have no supported way to read an authorized_keys file in its own home directory.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.58%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 3.57% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
3.58%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • openssh< 1:5.6p1-1
Openbsd1 product
  • openssh≤ 5.6 | 1.2 | 1.2.1 | 1.2.2 | 1.2.3 | 1.2.27 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5.7 | 1.5.8 | 2 | 2.1 | 2.1.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3.1 | 2.5 | 2.5.1 | 2.5.2 | 2.9 | 2.9.9 | 2.9.9p2 | 2.9p1 | 2.9p2 | 3.0 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.1p1 | 3.0.2 | 3.0.2p1 | 3.0p1 | 3.1 | 3.1p1 | 3.2 | 3.2.2 | 3.2.2p1 | 3.2.3p1 | 3.3 | 3.3p1 | 3.4 | 3.4p1 | 3.5 | 3.5p1 | 3.6 | 3.6.1 | 3.6.1p1 | 3.6.1p2 | 3.7 | 3.7.1 | 3.7.1p1 | 3.7.1p2 | 3.8 | 3.8.1 | 3.8.1p1 | 3.9 | 3.9.1 | 3.9.1p1 | 4.0 | 4.0p1 | 4.1 | 4.1p1 | 4.2 | 4.2p1 | 4.3 | 4.3p1 | 4.3p2 | 4.4 | 4.4p1 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.5

2 vendors · 2 products

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