Authentication Bypass Affecting paramiko package, versions [1.5.1, 2.0.9)


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.54% (77th percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high
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SUSE
9.8 critical
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Red Hat
9.8 critical

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-PARAMIKO-455391
  • published 25 Jul 2019
  • disclosed 8 Oct 2018
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade paramiko to version 2.0.9 or higher.

Overview

paramiko is a library for making SSH2 connections (client or server).

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass. The SSH server did not use correct access control, which allowed the server to bypass an unauthenticated user as authenticated one.