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CVE-2023-51385

Published: Dec 18, 2023

Modified: May 12, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

In ssh in OpenSSH before 9.6, OS command injection might occur if a user name or host name has shell metacharacters, and this name is referenced by an expansion token in certain situations. For example, an untrusted Git repository can have a submodule with shell metacharacters in a user name or host name.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-9.6

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/18/2

https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/7ef3787c84b6b524501211b11a26c742f829af1a

vendor-advisory

https://vin01.github.io/piptagole/ssh/security/openssh/libssh/remote-code-execution/2023/12/20/openssh-proxycommand-libssh-rce.html

[debian-lts-announce] 20231226 [SECURITY] [DLA 3694-1] openssh security update

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[oss-security] 20231226 CVE-2023-51385, CVE-2023-6004: OpenSSH, libssh: Security weakness in ProxyCommand handling

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vendor-advisory

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240105-0005/

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214084

20240313 APPLE-SA-03-07-2024-2 macOS Sonoma 14.4

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