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Security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-7749

The SSH server implementation of AsyncSSH before 1.12.1 does not properly check whether authentication is completed before processing other requests. A customized SSH client can simply skip the authentication step.

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CVE-2018-7749
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31 Oct 2026, 10:31 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-7749

core-osv · Original source

Published 12 Mar 2018, 19:29 UTC

The SSH server implementation of AsyncSSH before 1.12.1 does not properly check whether authentication is completed before processing other requests. A customized SSH client can simply skip the authentication step.

osv:CVE-2018-7749
Complete source record
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  "id": "08e338d938e71400a5b4207315119815e2fd0bc819006c6f15688431129b5f38",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-7749",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-7749",
    "summary": "The SSH server implementation of AsyncSSH before 1.12.1 does not properly check whether authentication is completed before processing other requests. A customized SSH client can simply skip the authentication step.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-7749",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
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      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-7749",
        "GHSA-97cv-6pjf-5f9q",
        "PYSEC-2018-108"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "c161e26cdc0d41b745b63d9f17b437f073bf7ba4"
                }
              ],
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                      },
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                ]
              }
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "v1.11.0",
            "v1.10.1",
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            "v1.6.1",
            "v1.6.0",
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            "v0.9.2",
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            "v0.8.4",
            "v0.8.3",
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            "v0.2.0",
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-7749.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:30.981729301Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/asyncssh-announce/57_5O7kiHSA/8BXZ_hxHAQAJ",
        "https://github.com/ronf/asyncssh/commit/c161e26cdc0d41b745b63d9f17b437f073bf7ba4"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2018-7749",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381789,
  "published_at": "2018-03-12T19:29:00.207+00:00"
}