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TI-2002-01565 Aliases CVE-2002-1644GHSA-jg6f-f7v8-2wh4

SSH Secure Shell for Servers and SSH Secure Shell for Workstations 2.0.13 through 3.2.1…

Priority LOW 32Published · 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
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

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

Summary

SSH Secure Shell for Servers and SSH Secure Shell for Workstations 2.0.13 through 3.2.1, when running without a PTY, does not call setsid to remove the child process from the process group of the parent process, which allows attackers to gain certain privileges.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00446 39th percentileScored 2026-11-07
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 · 15

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:2.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.13VulnerableSSH
cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1VulnerableSSH
cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2VulnerableSSH
cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.3VulnerableSSH
cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.4VulnerableSSH
cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.5VulnerableSSH
cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0VulnerableSSH
cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.1VulnerableSSH
cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1VulnerableSSH
cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1.1VulnerableSSH
  • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:2.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.13 Vulnerable ·SSH
  • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1 Vulnerable ·SSH
  • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.2 Vulnerable ·SSH
  • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.3 Vulnerable ·SSH
  • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.4 Vulnerable ·SSH
  • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.5 Vulnerable ·SSH
  • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·SSH
  • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.1 Vulnerable ·SSH
  • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1 Vulnerable ·SSH
  • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1.1 Vulnerable ·SSH
Show 5 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1.2VulnerableSSH
cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1.3VulnerableSSH
cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1.4VulnerableSSH
cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.2VulnerableSSH
cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.2.1VulnerableSSH
  • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1.2 Vulnerable ·SSH
  • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1.3 Vulnerable ·SSH
  • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1.4 Vulnerable ·SSH
  • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.2 Vulnerable ·SSH
  • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.2.1 Vulnerable ·SSH

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-1644
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jg6f-f7v8-2wh4

References

Patch 2

  • TI-2002-01566 Buffer overflow in the URL catcher feature for SSH Secure Shell for Workstations client… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-1999-00979 SSH server (sshd2) before 2.0.12 does not properly record login attempts if the… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2002-01634 SSH 1 through 3, and possibly other versions, allows local users to bypass restricted… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2001-00357 SSH Communications Security sshd 2.4 for Windows allows remote attackers to create a… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-1999-01179 ssh 2.0.12, and possibly other versions, allows valid user names to attempt to enter the… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2000-00217 The default configuration of SSH allows X forwarding, which could allow a remote attacker… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.1
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Sources

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