CVE-2005-2666

LowCVSS 1.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

SSH, as implemented in OpenSSH before 4.0 and possibly other implementations, stores hostnames, IP addresses, and keys in plaintext in the known_hosts file, which makes it easier for an attacker that has compromised an SSH user's account to generate a list of additional targets that are more likely to have the same password or key.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 1.2/10AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-255

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: Aug 23, 2005
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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