6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2023-51385
OpenSSH Command Injection Vulnerability
Description

In ssh in OpenSSH before 9.6, OS command injection might occur if a user name or host name has shell metacharacters, and this name is referenced by an expansion token in certain situations. For example, an untrusted Git repository can have a submodule with shell metacharacters in a user name or host name.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 18, 2023, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 8:37 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.5

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2023-51385 has a 58 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-51385 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Openbsd openssh
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2023-51385.

URL Resource
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/21
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/26/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/7ef3787c84b6b524501211b11a26c742f829af1a Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00017.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-17 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240105-0005/
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214084
https://vin01.github.io/piptagole/ssh/security/openssh/libssh/remote-code-execution/2023/12/20/openssh-proxycommand-libssh-rce.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5586 Third Party Advisory
https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-9.6 Release Notes
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/18/2 Mailing List Release Notes
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/21
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/26/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/7ef3787c84b6b524501211b11a26c742f829af1a Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00017.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-17 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240105-0005/
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214084
https://vin01.github.io/piptagole/ssh/security/openssh/libssh/remote-code-execution/2023/12/20/openssh-proxycommand-libssh-rce.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5586 Third Party Advisory
https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-9.6 Release Notes
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/18/2 Mailing List Release Notes

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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blessing-gao/SecurityPatcher

SecurityPatcher是一个专注于自动升级修复服务器关键安全漏洞的开源工具，当前主要针对OpenSSH和OpenSSL的常见高危漏洞提供一键修复方案。该工具适用于各类Linux服务器，能够自动检测、备份、升级并验证安装结果，为系统管理员提供便捷的安全修复体验。

Shell

Updated: 2 days, 3 hours ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 20, 2025, 2:29 a.m. This repo has been linked 6 different CVEs too.
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laoa1573/wy876

wy876

Python

Updated: 4 days, 4 hours ago
1 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : April 11, 2025, 4:25 a.m. This repo has been linked 209 different CVEs too.
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wooflock/nmap-airgapped-vulnscan

A small project for running vulners script functionality when no internet is available.

Python

Updated: 4 weeks, 1 day ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 21, 2025, 3:47 p.m. This repo has been linked 11 different CVEs too.
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adysec/POC

wy876 POC | wy876的poc仓库已删库，该项目为其仓库镜像

Updated: 1 day, 4 hours ago
275 stars 175 fork 175 watcher
Born at : March 7, 2025, 10:17 a.m. This repo has been linked 201 different CVEs too.
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cisp-pte/POC-20241008-sec-fork

收集整理漏洞EXP/POC,大部分漏洞来源网络，目前收集整理了1100多个poc/exp，长期更新。

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 7, 2025, 2:48 a.m. This repo has been linked 142 different CVEs too.
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eeeeeeeeee-code/POC

备份的漏洞库，3月开始我们来维护

Updated: 23 hours, 20 minutes ago
849 stars 275 fork 275 watcher
Born at : March 4, 2025, 2:54 p.m. This repo has been linked 211 different CVEs too.
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iemotion/POC

2023HW漏洞整理，收集整理漏洞EXp/POC,大部分漏洞来源网络，目前收集整理了300多个poc/exp，长期更新。

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 3, 2025, 6:09 a.m. This repo has been linked 177 different CVEs too.
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DMW11525708/wiki

漏洞文库 wiki.wy876.cn

HTML

Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago
58 stars 49 fork 49 watcher
Born at : Feb. 26, 2025, 9:46 a.m. This repo has been linked 201 different CVEs too.
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M0rPH3U53/Massap

Accélération de la vitesse de scan de ports en combinant Nmap & Masscan

Shell

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 3, 2025, 9:11 p.m. This repo has been linked 67 different CVEs too.
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NeoOniX/5ATTACK

None

Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 30, 2025, 9:01 a.m. This repo has been linked 173 different CVEs too.
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byfranke/Estudo_de_Casos_HdB

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Updated: 3 weeks ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 15, 2025, 3:31 p.m. This repo has been linked 8 different CVEs too.
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GroundCTL2MajorTom/CVE-2023-51385P-POC

None

Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 6, 2025, 3:13 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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GroundCTL2MajorTom/CVE-2023-51385POC

None

Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 6, 2025, 2:44 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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Yuan08o/pocs

None

Updated: 1 month ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 19, 2024, 1:46 a.m. This repo has been linked 123 different CVEs too.
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krlabs/openssh-vulnerabilities

OpenSSH Vulnerabilities list

cve openssh vulnerabilities

Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 4, 2024, 1:10 p.m. This repo has been linked 25 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2023-51385 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • Kaspersky
Exploits and vulnerabilities in Q3 2024

Q3 2024 saw multiple vulnerabilities discovered in Windows and Linux subsystems that are not standard for cyberattacks. This is because operating system developers have been releasing new security mit ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 06, 2024 (4 months, 2 weeks ago)
CVE-2024-45519 CVE-2024-47177 CVE-2024-5290 CVE-2024-38112 CVE-2024-6387 CVE-2024-3183 CVE-2023-51385 CVE-2023-4911 CVE-2023-36802 CVE-2023-38831 ...+11 more CVE

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-51385 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/21
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/26/4
    Added Reference https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/7ef3787c84b6b524501211b11a26c742f829af1a
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00017.html
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-17
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240105-0005/
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214084
    Added Reference https://vin01.github.io/piptagole/ssh/security/openssh/libssh/remote-code-execution/2023/12/20/openssh-proxycommand-libssh-rce.html
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5586
    Added Reference https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-9.6
    Added Reference https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/18/2
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 13, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/21 [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 07, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214084 [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 05, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240105-0005/ [No types assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 03, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/26/4 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/26/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00017.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00017.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-17 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-17 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://vin01.github.io/piptagole/ssh/security/openssh/libssh/remote-code-execution/2023/12/20/openssh-proxycommand-libssh-rce.html No Types Assigned https://vin01.github.io/piptagole/ssh/security/openssh/libssh/remote-code-execution/2023/12/20/openssh-proxycommand-libssh-rce.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5586 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5586 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 28, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-17 [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 26, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/26/4 [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 26, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00017.html [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 22, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://vin01.github.io/piptagole/ssh/security/openssh/libssh/remote-code-execution/2023/12/20/openssh-proxycommand-libssh-rce.html [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 22, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5586 [No types assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 22, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/7ef3787c84b6b524501211b11a26c742f829af1a No Types Assigned https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/7ef3787c84b6b524501211b11a26c742f829af1a Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-9.6 No Types Assigned https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-9.6 Release Notes
    Changed Reference Type https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/18/2 No Types Assigned https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/18/2 Mailing List, Release Notes
    Added CWE NIST CWE-78
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.6
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 19, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/7ef3787c84b6b524501211b11a26c742f829af1a [No types assigned]
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Dec. 18, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description In ssh in OpenSSH before 9.6, OS command injection might occur if a user name or host name has shell metacharacters, and this name is referenced by an expansion token in certain situations. For example, an untrusted Git repository can have a submodule with shell metacharacters in a user name or host name.
    Added Reference MITRE https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-9.6 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/18/2 [No types assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-51385 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2023-51385 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

5.34 }} -0.56%

score

0.89498

percentile

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