scp in OpenSSH through 8.3p1 allows command injection in the scp.c toremote function, as demonstrated by backtick characters in the destination argument. NOTE: the vendor reportedly has stated that they intentionally omit validation of "anomalous argument transfers" because that could "stand a great chance of breaking existing workflows."
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:22:30.831Z

Reserved: 2020-07-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-15778

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:22:30.831Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2020-07-24T14:15:12.450

Modified: 2025-07-28T18:12:45.213

Link: CVE-2020-15778

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-07-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-15778 - Bugzilla

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