{"id":"CVE-2020-15778","title":"scp in OpenSSH through 8.3p1 allows command injection in the scp.c toremote function, as demonstrated by backtick characters in the destination argument","summary":"scp in OpenSSH through 8.3p1 allows command injection in the scp.c toremote function, as demonstrated by backtick characters in the destination argument. NOTE: the vendor reportedly has stated that they intentionally omit validation of \"…","severity":"high","cvss":7.4,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-78","CWE-78"],"vendor":"openbsd","product":"openssh","affected":["openssh < 8.3","openssh = 8.3","a700s_firmware","active_iq_unified_manager >= 9.5","hci_management_node","solidfire","steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage","hci_compute_node","hci_storage_node","fabric_operating_system"],"patched":["openssh 8.3"],"published":"2020-07-24","updated":"2026-10-14","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-14T10:17:30.510","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15778","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3166","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/cpandya2909/CVE-2020-15778/","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25005567","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-06","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0007/","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.openssh.com/security.html","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3166","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/cpandya2909/CVE-2020-15778/","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25005567","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-06","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0007/","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.openssh.com/security.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html","label":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"}],"tags":["nvd","exploit-available"],"epss":0.12996,"epssPercentile":0.96256,"exploits":{"github":4,"githubRepos":["https://github.com/cpandya2909/CVE-2020-15778","https://github.com/Neko-chanQwQ/CVE-2020-15778-Exploit","https://github.com/yifanzhg/CVE-2020-15778"],"checkedAt":"2026-10-14T10:26:15.308Z"},"exploitAvailable":true,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-14T10:25:41.179Z","slug":"CVE-2020-15778","body":"## Overview\n\nscp in OpenSSH through 8.3p1 allows command injection in the scp.c toremote function, as demonstrated by backtick characters in the destination argument. NOTE: the vendor reportedly has stated that they intentionally omit validation of \"anomalous argument transfers\" because that could \"stand a great chance of breaking existing workflows.\"\n\n## Affected\n\n- `openssh < 8.3`\n- `openssh = 8.3`\n- `a700s_firmware`\n- `active_iq_unified_manager >= 9.5`\n- `hci_management_node`\n- `solidfire`\n- `steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage`\n- `hci_compute_node`\n- `hci_storage_node`\n- `fabric_operating_system`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `openssh 8.3`","depth":"midnight","depthScore":55,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":40.7,"likelihood":2.6,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}