CVE-2023-28531
9.8 CRITICALssh-add in OpenSSH before 9.3 adds smartcard keys to ssh-agent without the intended per-hop destination constraints
Published: 2023-03-17 · Last updated: 2026-05-28
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 9.8 CRITICAL
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CWE
- CWE-284
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| netapp | brocade_fabric_operating_system, hci_bootstrap_os, openssh |
| openbsd | brocade_fabric_operating_system, hci_bootstrap_os, openssh |
Description
ssh-add in OpenSSH before 9.3 adds smartcard keys to ssh-agent without the intended per-hop destination constraints. The earliest affected version is 8.9.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28531
- [Other]https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AN2UDTXEUSKFIOIYMV6JNI5VSBMYZOFT/
- [Other]https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202307-01
- [Other]https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230413-0008/
- [Other]https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5586
- [Other]https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/15/8
- [Other]https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AN2UDTXEUSKFIOIYMV6JNI5VSBMYZOFT/
- [Other]https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AN2UDTXEUSKFIOIYMV6JNI5VSBMYZOFT/
- [Other]https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202307-01
- [Other]https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230413-0008/
- [Other]https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5586
- [Other]https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/15/8
- [Other]https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
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