HIGH 7.1 Microsoft

CVE-2021-28041

ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 8.5 has a double free that may be relevant in a few less-common scenarios such as unconstrained agent-socket access on a legacy operating system or the forwarding of an agent to an attacker-controlled host.

Microsoft Security Update 2021-Mar: ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 8.5 has a double free that may be relevant in a few less-common scenarios such as unconstrained agent-socket access on a legacy operating system or the forwarding of an agent to an attacker-controlled host.

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Published: 2021-03-09 · Source: Microsoft · Feed updated: 2026-08-20
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.1 was published on 2021-03-09 via Microsoft. Affected: openssh-8.5p1-1.cm1.x86_64.rpm on CBL Mariner 1.0 x64, openssh-clients-8.5p1-1.cm1.x86_64.rpm on CBL Mariner 1.0 x64, openssh-server-8.5p1-1.cm1.x86_64.rpm on CBL Mariner 1.0 x64 and 5 more.
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