CVE-2023-51385
MEDIUM6.5EPSS 17.2%Published: 12/18/2023Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2023-51385DEBIAN-CVE-2023-51385
Description
In ssh in OpenSSH before 9.6, OS command injection might occur if a user name or host name has shell metacharacters, and this name is referenced by an expansion token in certain situations. For example, an untrusted Git repository can have a submodule with shell metacharacters in a user name or host name.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/opensshfrom 0, < 9.0_p1-r5
- Debian/opensshfrom 0, < 1:8.4p1-5+deb11u3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |