MEDIUM 6.5 Microsoft PoC

CVE-2023-51385

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.

Microsoft Security Update 2023-Dec: 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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Published: 2023-12-12 · Source: Microsoft · Feed updated: 2026-09-03
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5 was published on 2023-12-12 via Microsoft. 🚨 A public proof-of-concept exploit is available on GitHub. EPSS score: 19.8% (top 3% of all CVEs by exploitation probability). Affected: azl3 openssh 9.5p1-2 on Azure Linux 3.0, cbl2 openssh 8.9p1-3 on CBL Mariner 2.0, azl3 openssh 9.7p1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0.
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