CVE-2020-15778

HighCVSS 7.4/10Last modified Oct 14, 2026

Description

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."

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.4/10CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-78

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jul 24, 2020
Last modified
Oct 14, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2020-15778: High severity, CVSS 7.4 | Vulnix