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GHSA-7M62-4JFR-67WH

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 01:03 – Updated: 2026-05-28 21:31

Details

OpenSSH 5.6 and earlier, when J-PAKE is enabled, does not properly validate the public parameters in the J-PAKE protocol, which allows remote attackers to bypass the need for knowledge of the shared secret, and successfully authenticate, by sending crafted values in each round of the protocol, a related issue to CVE-2010-4252.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2010-4478 (GCVE-0-2010-4478)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-12-06 22:00 – Updated: 2026-05-28 18:51

Summary

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-05-28 18:51 UTC

CWE

n/a
CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2320 records in the last 180 days details

References

7 references

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https://github.com/seb-m/jpake	x_refsource_MISC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659297	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://seb.dbzteam.org/crypto/jpake-session-key-r…	x_refsource_MISC

Date Public

2010-09-12 00:00

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