CVE-2014-9278
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.0EPSS 1.8%EU EUVD
The OpenSSH server, as used in Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and when running in a Kerberos environment, allows remote authenticated users to log in as another user when they are listed in the .k5users file of that user, which might bypass intended authentication requirements that would force a local login.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-287
- EPSS score
- 1.8% (79th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-9103)
- Published
- December 6, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-9103 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- openbsd / openssh
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / fedora
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0425.html
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.kerberos.general/15855
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/02/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/04/17
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71420
- https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1867
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1169843
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99090
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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