{
    "id": "CVE-2010-4478",
    "published": "2010-12-06 22:30:31",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:24:53",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-287",
    "description": "OpenSSH 5.6 and earlier, when J-PAKE is enabled, does not properly validate the public parameters in the J-PAKE protocol, which allows remote attackers to bypass the need for knowledge of the shared secret, and successfully authenticate, by sending crafted values in each round of the protocol, a related issue to CVE-2010-4252.",
    "epss_score": "0.04242",
    "epss_percentile": "0.90777",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-08 18:17:10",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 3,
        "label": "In your normal cycle",
        "why": "Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "openbsd",
            "product": "openssh"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10673",
        "http://seb.dbzteam.org/crypto/jpake-session-key-retrieval.pdf",
        "http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/jpake.c#rev1.5",
        "http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/jpake.c.diff?r1=1.4%3Br2=1.5%3Bf=h",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659297",
        "https://github.com/seb-m/jpake",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12338",
        "http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10673",
        "http://seb.dbzteam.org/crypto/jpake-session-key-retrieval.pdf",
        "http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/jpake.c#rev1.5",
        "http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/jpake.c.diff?r1=1.4%3Br2=1.5%3Bf=h",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659297",
        "https://github.com/seb-m/jpake",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12338"
    ]
}