scponly 4.6 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended restrictions…
Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-264Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Complete · Complete · Complete
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.
Summary
scponly 4.6 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended restrictions and execute code by invoking dangerous subcommands including (1) unison, (2) rsync, (3) svn, and (4) svnserve, as originally demonstrated by creating a Subversion (SVN) repository with malicious hooks, then using svn to trigger execution of those hooks.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.04362 91st 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 5
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 4.6 | Vulnerable | Scponly |
| cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.2 | Vulnerable | Scponly |
| cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.3 | Vulnerable | Scponly |
| cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.4 | Vulnerable | Scponly |
| cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.5 | Vulnerable | Scponly |
- cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 4.6 Vulnerable ·Scponly
- cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2 Vulnerable ·Scponly
- cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3 Vulnerable ·Scponly
- cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.4 Vulnerable ·Scponly
- cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5 Vulnerable ·Scponly
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-6350
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5f6x-8rc3-r4j2
References
More Scponly vulnerabilities
- TI-2002-01391 scponly does not properly verify the path when finding the (1) scp or (2) sftp-server… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2004-01056 The unison command in scponly before 4.0 does not properly restrict programs that can be… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2005-04275 Argument injection vulnerability in scponlyc in scponly 4.1 and earlier, when both scp… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2005-04274 scponlyc in scponly 4.1 and earlier, when the operating system supports LD_PRELOAD… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2007-6350 · CVE Program
- CVE-2007-6350 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5f6x-8rc3-r4j2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2007-6350 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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