OpenSSH vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.

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The short answer

OpenSSH is made by OpenBSD. We track 118 published vulnerabilities in it, across 128 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. If you run OpenSSH, keep it on a version the vendor still supports.

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Known exploited

Which OpenSSH vulnerabilities are being exploited?

This is the list that matters most: flaws criminals are using now.

None of OpenSSH's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.

Exploit likelihood

Which OpenSSH flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

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  1. >99%

    A security regression (CVE-2006-5051) was discovered in OpenSSH's server (sshd).

    CVSS8.1Published1 Jul 2024
  2. 94%

    The SSH transport protocol with certain OpenSSH extensions, found in OpenSSH before 9.6 and other products, allows remote attackers to bypass integrity checks such that some packets are omitted (from the extension...

    CVSS5.9Published18 Dec 2023
  3. 90%

    OpenSSH server (sshd) 9.1 introduced a double-free vulnerability during options.kex_algorithms handling.

    CVSS6.5Published3 Feb 2023
  4. 89%

    sshd in OpenSSH before 7.3, when SHA256 or SHA512 are used for user password hashing, uses BLOWFISH hashing on a static password when the username does not exist, which allows remote attackers to enumerate users by...

    CVSS5.9Published13 Feb 2017
  5. 80%

    The PKCS#11 feature in ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 9.3p2 has an insufficiently trustworthy search path, leading to remote code execution if an agent is forwarded to an attacker-controlled system.

    CVSS9.8Published20 Jul 2023
  6. 77%

    OpenSSH-portable (OpenSSH) 3.6.1p1 and earlier with PAM support enabled immediately sends an error message when a user does not exist, which allows remote attackers to determine valid usernames via a timing attack.

    CVSS5.0Published12 May 2003
  7. 63%

    The resend_bytes function in roaming_common.c in the client in OpenSSH 5.x, 6.x, and 7.x before 7.1p2 allows remote servers to obtain sensitive information from process memory by requesting transmission of an entire...

    CVSS6.5Published14 Jan 2016
  8. 59%

    The auth_password function in auth-passwd.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.3 does not limit password lengths for password authentication, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crypt CPU...

    CVSS7.5Published7 Aug 2016
  9. 58%

    OpenSSH portable 4.1 on SUSE Linux, and possibly other platforms and versions, and possibly under limited configurations, allows remote attackers to determine valid usernames via timing discrepancies in which...

    CVSS2.6Published10 Oct 2006
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We track 118 published vulnerabilities listed under the name OpenSSH, across 128 versions.

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