CVE-2019-14889

HIGH

libssh < 0.9.3 and < 0.8.8 - OS Command Injection via SCP Path Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A flaw was found with the libssh API function ssh_scp_new() in versions before 0.9.3 and before 0.8.8. When the libssh SCP client connects to a server, the scp command, which includes a user-provided path, is executed on the server-side. In case the library is used in a way where users can influence the third parameter of the function, it would become possible for an attacker to inject arbitrary commands, leading to a compromise of the remote target.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4219-1/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00033.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00020.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00047.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-27
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14889

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0112
EPSS Percentile 78.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-78
Status published
Products (10)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 19.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 19.10
debian/debian_linux 8.0
fedoraproject/fedora 30
fedoraproject/fedora 31
libssh/libssh < 0.8.8
opensuse/leap 15.1
oracle/mysql_workbench < 8.0.19
Published Dec 10, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026