VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-15778

CVSS score7.4 HIGH
EPSS probability13.68%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-07-24
Last modified2026-10-14
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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."

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-78
  • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-78

Primary references