Servers and applications
CVE-2001-1585
SSH protocol 2 (aka SSH-2) public key authentication in the development snapshot of OpenSSH 2.3.1, available from 2001-01-18 through 2001-02-08, does not perform a challenge-response step to ensure that the client has the proper private key, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication as other users by supplying a public key from that user's authorized_keys file.
- Severity
- Medium 6.8
- Published
- 31 Dec 2001
- Last changed
- 16 Jun 2026
- Added to UpHeron
- 21 Oct 2026
- Exploit chance
- 1.9% in the next 30 daysHigher than 80% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
- Attack
- Over the network · No login needed
- Attacker can
- Read some data · Change some data · Slow it down
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Sources
- NVD
Affected software
| Software | Affected versions |
|---|---|
OpenSSHServers and applications · cpe:a:openbsd:openssh |
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