OpenBSD vulnerabilities1 known to be exploited.

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The short answer

OpenBSD has 334 published vulnerabilities across 7 products in our catalogue. 1 of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited, so criminals are using them now. The most affected product is OpenBSD, with 203. If you run OpenBSD software, patch the exploited flaws first.

See the exploited flaws

The most recent OpenBSD flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2020-7247, on 25 March 2022. We keep watching the known-exploited list.

Products

Which OpenBSD products have the most vulnerabilities?

OpenBSD leads with 203 published vulnerabilities. Open a product to see its versions and which of its flaws criminals are already using.

Known exploited

Which OpenBSD vulnerabilities are being exploited?

1 flaw is on the government list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited. These are the ones criminals are using now, so they go first, whatever their severity score says.

  1. 9.8
    CVE-2020-7247CriticalKnown exploited
    OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

    smtp_mailaddr in smtp_session.c in OpenSMTPD, as used in OpenBSD and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root via a crafted SMTP session.

    Chance of use99%Known exploited since25 Mar 2022
Exploit likelihood

Which OpenBSD 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.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. >99%

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

    CVSS8.1Published1 Jul 2024
  2. 99%
    CVE-2020-7247CriticalKnown exploited

    smtp_mailaddr in smtp_session.c in OpenSMTPD 6.6, as used in OpenBSD 6.6 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root via a crafted SMTP session, as demonstrated by shell...

    CVSS9.8Published29 Jan 2020
  3. 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
  4. 90%

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

    CVSS6.5Published3 Feb 2023
  5. 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
  6. 83%

    Multiple TCP implementations with Protection Against Wrapped Sequence Numbers (PAWS) with the timestamps option enabled allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection loss) via a spoofed packet with...

    CVSS5.0Published31 May 2005
  7. 80%

    Stack-based buffer overflow in the cons_options function in options.c in dhcpd in OpenBSD 4.0 through 4.2, and some other dhcpd implementations based on ISC dhcp-2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code...

    CVSS7.2Published11 Oct 2007
  8. 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
  9. 78%

    Off-by-one error in the fb_realpath() function, as derived from the realpath function in BSD, may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated in wu-ftpd 2.5.0 through 2.6.2 via commands that cause...

    CVSS9.8Published27 Aug 2003
Every product

All OpenBSD products we track.

6 products, most vulnerabilities first. Find the ones you run, then open a product to see its versions and exploited flaws.

This directory lists the 6 OpenBSD products with at least one tracked version, of 7 in our catalogue.

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Our catalogue lists 334 published vulnerabilities across 7 products and 305 versions from OpenBSD. The most recent OpenBSD flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2020-7247, on 25 March 2022.

1 OpenBSD vulnerability is on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added is CVE-2020-7247. The full list is on this page.

OpenBSD, with 203 published vulnerabilities. Its own page lists the ones known to be exploited.

Create a Precursor Intelligence account and track the OpenBSD products you run. We match them against every published flaw, give each one a risk score from 0 to 100 and tell you as soon as we spot one that affects you, by email, in the app or by webhook.