Vulnerability in N/a
CVE-2023-38408
The PKCS#11 feature in ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 9.3p2 has an insufficiently trustworthy search path, leading to remote code execution if an agent is forwarded to an attacker-controlled system. (Code in /usr/lib is not necessarily safe f…
EPSS: 0.644 (98.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- news.ycombinator.com/item
- blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2023/07/19/cve-2023-38408-remot…
- www.qualys.com/2023/07/19/cve-2023-38408/rce-openssh-forwarded-ssh-agent.txt
- github.com/openbsd/src/commit/f8f5a6b003981bb824329dc987d101977beda7ca
- github.com/openbsd/src/commit/7bc29a9d5cd697290aa056e94ecee6253d3425f8
- github.com/openbsd/src/commit/f03a4faa55c4ce0818324701dadbf91988d7351d
- www.openssh.com/txt/release-9.3p2
- www.openssh.com/security.html
- GLSA-202307-01 (vendor-advisory)
- [oss-security] 20230719 Re: CVE-2023-38408: Remote Code Execution in OpenSSH's forwarded ssh-agent (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-38408?
- CVE-2023-38408 is a vulnerability in N/a. Published 2023-07-20.
- Is CVE-2023-38408 known to be exploited?
- 100 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.