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TI-2003-00729 Aliases CVE-2003-0786GHSA-cm7j-g432-hx2j

The SSH1 PAM challenge response authentication in OpenSSH 3.7.1 and 3.7.1p1, when…

Priority MEDIUM 49Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
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

The SSH1 PAM challenge response authentication in OpenSSH 3.7.1 and 3.7.1p1, when Privilege Separation is disabled, does not check the result of the authentication attempt, which can allow remote attackers to gain privileges.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03559 89th 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 · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.7.1VulnerableOpenBSD
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:3.7.1p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.7.1p1VulnerableOpenBSD
  • cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.7.1 Vulnerable ·OpenBSD
  • cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:3.7.1p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.7.1p1 Vulnerable ·OpenBSD

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2003-0786
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cm7j-g432-hx2j

References

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • TI-2023-19792 The PKCS#11 feature in ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 9.3p2 has an insufficiently… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-05929 Openssh: regresshion - race condition in ssh allows rce/dos CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2023-10601 OpenSSH server (sshd) 9.1 introduced a double-free vulnerability during… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2018-11033 OpenSSH through 7.7 is prone to a user enumeration vulnerability due to not delaying… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
  • TI-2016-08105 Untrusted search path vulnerability in ssh-agent.c in ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 7.4… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
  • TI-2023-28040 In ssh in OpenSSH before 9.6, OS command injection might occur if a user name or host… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
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Sources

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