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CVE-2012-0814

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5EPSS 3.6%EU EUVD

The auth_parse_options function in auth-options.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 5.7 provides debug messages containing authorized_keys command options, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain potentially sensitive information by reading these messages, as demonstrated by the shared user account required by Gitolite. NOTE: this can cross privilege boundaries because a user account may intentionally have no shell or filesystem access, and therefore may have no supported way to read an authorized_keys file in its own home directory.

Key facts

CVSS score
6.5 (v3.1)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-255
EPSS score
3.6% (89th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2012-0841)
Published
January 27, 2012
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0841 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on May 22, 2026.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • openbsd / openssh
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References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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