CVE-2023-51385 (GCVE-0-2023-51385)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-12-18 00:00
Modified
2026-05-12 11:21
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
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