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CVE-2012-0814 json

The auth_parse_options function in auth-options.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 5.7 provides debug messages containing authorized_keys command…

published 2012-01-27 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-0841

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.6%
EPSS 3.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The auth_parse_options function in auth-options.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 5.7 provides debug messages containing authorized_keys command options, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain potentially sensitive information by reading these messages, as demonstrated by the shared user account required by Gitolite. NOTE: this can cross privilege boundaries because a user account may intentionally have no shell or filesystem access, and therefore may have no supported way to read an authorized_keys file in its own home directory.

Patch / fix

  • openssh Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:5.6p1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0814

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-0814 updated cvss 3.5

openssh: forced command option information disclosure

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 openssh, openssh-ldap, openssh-server, openssh-askpass, openssh-clients, pam_ssh_agent_auth
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 openssh
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
5 mo ago

Exploit prediction

3.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
  • CWE-255 Credentials Management Errors

References

Sources

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