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CVE-2018-20685
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2019-01-10T21:29:00.377 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:53:19.310

Summary

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.

Affected products

openbsd — openssh

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References

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