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openssh — security advisory
scp in OpenSSH through 8.3p1 allows command injection in the scp.c toremote function, as demonstrated by backtick characters in the destination argument. NOTE: the vendor reportedly has stated that they intentionally omit validation of "anomalous argument transfers" because that could "stand a great chance of breaking existing workflows."
- Products
- openssh
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 8.3_p1-r0
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-15778
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 12:03 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
scp in OpenSSH through 8.3p1 allows command injection in the scp.c toremote function, as demonstrated by backtick characters in the destination argument. NOTE: the vendor reportedly has stated that they intentionally omit validation of "anomalous argument transfers" because that could "stand a great chance of breaking existing workflows."
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2020-15778
openssh
Fixed versions: 8.3_p1-r0
openssh
Fixed versions: 8.3_p1-r0
openssh
Fixed versions: 8.3_p1-r0
openssh
Fixed versions: 8.3_p1-r0
openssh
Fixed versions: 8.3_p1-r0
openssh
Fixed versions: 8.3_p1-r0
Complete source record
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