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. 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."

Affected products

Alt Linux, Almalinux, Centos, Debian, Openssh, Red Hat, Red Os, Rocky Linux

Openbsd Openssh

< 8.3

CVSS 3.1

7.8 HIGH

EPSS

13.0% (96th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-78

NVD status

Analyzed

Published

2020-07-24