CVE-2018-7749
highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.017 · 78 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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affected products (3)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-97cv-6pjf-5f9qAsyncSSH SSH Server Authentication Bypass2022-05-14ghsa · osvUS
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.
- PYSEC-2018-1082018-03-12vendor · osvUS
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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references (6)
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- https://github.com/ronf/asyncssh/commit/c161e26cdc0d41b745b63d9f17b437f073bf7ba4cnnvd
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/asyncssh-announce/57_5O7kiHSA/8BXZ_hxHAQAJcnnvd
- https://github.com/ronf/asyncssh/commit/c161e26cdc0d41b745b63d9f17b437f073bf7ba4enisa_euvd
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/asyncssh-announce/57_5O7kiHSA/8BXZ_hxHAQAJenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/ronf/asyncssh/commit/c161e26cdc0d41b745b63d9f17b437f073bf7ba4Third Party Advisorynvd
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/asyncssh-announce/57_5O7kiHSA/8BXZ_hxHAQAJnvd
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