THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2019-14889
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2019-14889

Libssh vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
3.2%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
A flaw was found with the libssh API function ssh_scp_new() in versions before 0.9.3 and before 0.8.8. When the libssh SCP client connects to a server, the scp command, which includes a user-provided path, is executed on the server-side. In case the library is used in a way where users can influence the third parameter of the function, it would become possible for an attacker to inject arbitrary commands, leading to a compromise of the remote target.
Affected vendor
Libssh
Affected product
Libssh
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-78 — OS Command Injection
Published
2019-12-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

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