CVE-2020-9283
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 20, 2020 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:27 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxPackage SSH
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 21%
Description
golang.org/x/crypto before v0.0.0-20200220183623-bac4c82f6975 for Go allows a panic during signature verification in the golang.org/x/crypto/ssh package. A client can attack an SSH server that accepts public keys. Also, a server can attack any SSH client.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (6)
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156480/Go-SSH-0.0.2-Denial-Of-Service.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00014.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00027.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00031.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-347
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