Description
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."
Published: 2020-07-24
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: 61.5% High
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Remediation

No remediation available yet.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

No advisories yet.

History

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics 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'}

ssvc

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

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'}


Mon, 28 Jul 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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'}


Subscriptions

Broadcom Fabric Operating System
Netapp A700s A700s Firmware Active Iq Unified Manager Hci Compute Node Hci Management Node Hci Storage Node Solidfire Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage
Openbsd Openssh
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

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

Reserved: 2020-07-15T00:00:00.000Z

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

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses