CVE-2019-14889
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-12-10 00:00Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 00:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-08-10
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2500f2e4102cf64cc8fb6023bb8f6578b73ced19b88ee6bc9b85f93f5d25e0df
05 Affected products
06 References
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4219-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4219-1/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2689http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00033.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20191217 [SECURITY] [DLA 2038-1] libssh security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00020.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-8b0ad69829https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7JJWJTXVWLLJTVHBPGWL7472S5FWXYQR/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-46b6bd2459https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EV2ONSPDJCTDVORCB4UGRQUZQQ46JHRN/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0102http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00047.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202003-27https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-27
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14889
- www.libssh.orghttps://www.libssh.org/security/advisories/CVE-2019-14889.txt
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20230529 [SECURITY] [DLA 3437-1] libssh security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00029.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libssh Fixed in 0.9.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libssh Fixed in 0.9.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libssh Fixed in 0.9.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libssh Fixed in 0.6.3-4.3ubuntu0.5
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libssh Fixed in 0.8.0~20170825.94fa1e38-1ubuntu0.5
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.