Description
OpenSSH through 7.7 is prone to a user enumeration vulnerability due to not delaying bailout for an invalid authenticating user until after the packet containing the request has been fully parsed, related to auth2-gss.c, auth2-hostbased.c, and auth2-pubkey.c.
Published: 2018-08-17
Score: 5.9 Medium
EPSS: 90.4% High
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1474-1 openssh security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1476-1 dropbear security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4280-1 openssh security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3809-1 OpenSSH vulnerabilities
History

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 22:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-17T21:22:47.283Z

Reserved: 2018-08-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-15473

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T09:54:03.508Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-08-17T19:29:00.223

Modified: 2025-12-17T22:15:54.557

Link: CVE-2018-15473

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-08-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-15473 - Bugzilla

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