CVE-2018-20685

MediumCVSS 5.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

In OpenSSH 7.9, scp.c in the scp client allows remote SSH servers to bypass intended access restrictions via the filename of . or an empty filename. The impact is modifying the permissions of the target directory on the client side.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.3/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-863

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jan 10, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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