CVE-2020-36254 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

scp.c in Dropbear before 2020.79 mishandles the filename of . or an empty filename, a related issue to CVE-2018-20685.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00418.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Dropbear Ssh Project Subscribe	Dropbear Ssh Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-23797	scp.c in Dropbear before 2020.79 mishandles the filename of . or an empty filename, a related issue to CVE-2018-20685.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/commit/8f8a3dff705fad774a10864a2e3dbcfa9779ceff

History

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-02-25T08:29:43.000Z

Updated: 2025-12-03T18:09:57.191Z

Reserved: 2021-02-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-36254

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T17:23:09.991Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-02-25T09:15:13.037

Modified: 2025-12-03T18:15:46.113

Link: CVE-2020-36254

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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