CVE Database · CVE-2018-20685
CVSS v3.1
5.3
EPSS
3.68%
Published
Jan 10, 2019
Modified
Dec 17, 2025
Public PoC / Exploit (1)
All weaponized →Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
Description
In OpenSSH 7.9, scp.c in the scp client allows remote SSH servers to bypass intended access restrictions via the filename of . or an empty filename. The impact is modifying the permissions of the target directory on the client side.
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NWeaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (56)
References (20)
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