Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2016-10009 affects OpenSSH ssh-agent before 7.4 when agent forwarding is exposed. An attacker who controls a forwarded agent socket could cause the agent to load unsafe local PKCS#11 modules, potentially leading to code execution on the client-side host running the agent. Exposure is most relevant to Unix/Linux systems running OpenSSH before 7.4, especially administrators, developers, or automation hosts that use SSH agent forwarding to less-trusted servers. Product-specific exposure must be confirmed against vendor packages and advisories. Prioritize remediation where privileged users or automation use agent forwarding. The business risk is credential-adjacent compromise of trusted workstations or admin hosts through a less-trusted SSH destination. Mitigation focus: Upgrade OpenSSH to 7.4 or vendor-supported fixed packages.; Disable SSH agent forwarding to untrusted or unnecessary hosts.; Review vendor advisories for platform-specific fixed versions..
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- High
- CVSS
- 7.3 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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7.3HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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- https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/9476ce1dd37d3c3218d5640b74c34c65e5f4efe5CVE reference, mitre
- 40963CVE reference, mitre · exploit
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171130-0002/CVE reference, mitre
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03818en_usCVE reference, mitre
- FreeBSD-SA-17:01CVE reference, mitre · vendor-advisory
- USN-3538-1CVE reference, mitre · vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2017:2029CVE reference, mitre · vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180910 [SECURITY] [DLA 1500-1] openssh security updateCVE reference, mitre · mailing-list
- https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.4CVE reference, mitre
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1009CVE reference, mitre
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdfCVE reference, mitre
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