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TI-2001-00984 Aliases CVE-2001-1029GHSA-rc87-8mcw-q34j

libutil in OpenSSH on FreeBSD 4.4 and earlier does not drop privileges before verifying…

Priority LOW 14Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

libutil in OpenSSH on FreeBSD 4.4 and earlier does not drop privileges before verifying the capabilities for reading the copyright and welcome files, which allows local users to bypass the capabilities checks and read arbitrary files by specifying alternate copyright or welcome files.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01368 72nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5VulnerableOpenBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 4.4VulnerableFreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5 Vulnerable ·OpenBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 4.4 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2001-1029
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rc87-8mcw-q34j

References

Exploit 1

Other 1

Sources

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