VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-6517

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.89%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-03-21
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Description

Prior to version 0.3.0, chloride's use of net-ssh resulted in host fingerprints for previously unknown hosts getting added to the user's known_hosts file without confirmation. In version 0.3.0 this is updated so that the user's known_hosts file is not updated by chloride.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation

Primary references