CVE-2023-38408

Aliases:ALPINE-CVE-2023-38408DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38408CGA-jvq7-32rc-8m88CGA-vc8q-mv6j-3696
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 22
Modified
Published: 20 Jul 2023, 00:00
Last modified:15 Oct 2024, 18:33

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.8 CRITICAL
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
79.7% CRITICAL
80% probability +12.39%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
3 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

20 Jul 2023, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
15 Oct 2024, 18:33
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The PKCS#11 feature in ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 9.3p2 has an insufficiently trustworthy search path, leading to remote code execution if an agent is forwarded to an attacker-controlled system. (Code in /usr/lib is not necessarily safe for loading into ssh-agent.) NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-10009.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•CRITICAL•Score: 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 79.70%• Percentile: 100%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-428•Unquoted Search Path or Element

    The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path.

Affected Systems

  • alpine•openssh

    < 9.0_p1-r4 | < 9.1_p1-r4

  • chainguard•openssh

    < 9.3_p2-r0

  • wolfi•openssh

    < 9.3_p2-r0

  • debian•openssh

    < 1:8.4p1-5+deb11u2 | < 1:9.2p1-2+deb12u1 | < 1:9.3p2-1 | < 1:9.3p2-1

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    37 | 38

  • openbsd•openssh

    < 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3:p1

References (24)