VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-1999-1029

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.57%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published1999-05-13
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

SSH server (sshd2) before 2.0.12 does not properly record login attempts if the connection is closed before the maximum number of tries, allowing a remote attacker to guess the password without showing up in the audit logs.

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