CVE-2015-6280
highpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.044 · 91 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The SSHv2 functionality in Cisco IOS 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, and 15.5 and IOS XE 3.6E before 3.6.3E, 3.7E before 3.7.1E, 3.10S before 3.10.6S, 3.11S before 3.11.4S, 3.12S before 3.12.3S, 3.13S before 3.13.3S, and 3.14S before 3.14.1S does not properly implement RSA authentication, which allows remote attackers to obtain login access by leveraging knowledge of a username and the associated public key, aka Bug ID CSCus73013.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.9–9.3
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affected products (84)
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references (9)
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- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150923-sshpkcnnvd
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150923-sshpk/cvrf/cisco-sa-20150923-sshpk_cvrf.xmlcnnvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCus73013Patchcnnvd
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150923-sshpkenisa_euvd
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150923-sshpk/cvrf/cisco-sa-20150923-sshpk_cvrf.xmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033646enisa_euvd
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150923-sshpkVendor Advisorynvd
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150923-sshpk/cvrf/cisco-sa-20150923-sshpk_cvrf.xmlVendor Advisorynvd
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