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CVE-2002-0639

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 18.3% (pctl 97)

Patch early

EPSS 18.3% — above the 10% action threshold.

Description

Integer overflow in sshd in OpenSSH 2.9.9 through 3.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code during challenge response authentication (ChallengeResponseAuthentication) when OpenSSH is using SKEY or BSD_AUTH authentication.

Scoring

CVSS9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS18.29% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-190
On CISA KEVno
Public exploitnone known
Published2002-07-03
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
openbsdopenssh

References

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