CVE-2024-39894 (GCVE-0-2024-39894)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-02 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-04 16:12
VLAI
Summary
OpenSSH 9.5 through 9.7 before 9.8 sometimes allows timing attacks against echo-off password entry (e.g., for su and Sudo) because of an ObscureKeystrokeTiming logic error. Similarly, other timing attacks against keystroke entry could occur.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
openbsd openssh Affected: 9.5 , ≤ 9.7 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:9.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
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