CVE-2016-20012
OpenSSH through 8.7 allows remote attackers, who have a suspicion that a certain combination of username and public key is known to an SSH server, to test whether this suspicion is correct. This occurs because a challenge is sent only when that combination could be valid for a login session. NOTE: the vendor does not recognize user enumeration as a vulnerability for this product
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Puntuación base: 5.3
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 5.33%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 92
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
💥 Exploits públicos
Hay código de explotación o plantillas de detección públicos. No es lo mismo que explotación activa confirmada (KEV), pero aumenta el riesgo: parchee con prioridad.
- Prueba de concepto en GitHub (no verificada) · Lista de pruebas de concepto en GitHub
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Tecnologías afectadas (5)
CWE
- NVD-CWE-Other
- CWE-203
Referencias
- https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/d0fffc88c8fe90c1815c6f4097bc8cbcabc0f3dd/auth2-pubkey.c#L261-L265
- https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/pull/270
- https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/pull/270#issuecomment-920577097
- https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/pull/270#issuecomment-943909185
- https://rushter.com/blog/public-ssh-keys/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211014-0005/
- https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/SSHKeysAreInfoLeak
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/24/1
- https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/d0fffc88c8fe90c1815c6f4097bc8cbcabc0f3dd/auth2-pubkey.c#L261-L265
- https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/pull/270
- https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/pull/270#issuecomment-920577097
- https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/pull/270#issuecomment-943909185
- https://rushter.com/blog/public-ssh-keys/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211014-0005/
- https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/SSHKeysAreInfoLeak
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/24/1
- https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/d0fffc88c8fe90c1815c6f4097bc8cbcabc0f3dd/auth2-pubkey.c#L261-L265
JSON original (NVD)
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