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Vulnerability details: VCID-cz6g-79bh-2ua1
Vulnerability ID VCID-cz6g-79bh-2ua1
Aliases CVE-2020-36254
Summary scp.c in Dropbear before 2020.79 mishandles the filename of . or an empty filename, a related issue to CVE-2018-20685.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.3
Risk 3.6
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
epss 0.00418 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-36254
epss 0.00418 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-36254
epss 0.00418 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-36254
epss 0.00658 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-36254
epss 0.00658 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-36254
epss 0.00658 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-36254
epss 0.00658 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-36254
epss 0.00658 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-36254
epss 0.00658 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-36254
epss 0.00658 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-36254
epss 0.00658 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-36254
epss 0.00658 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-36254
epss 0.00658 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-36254
epss 0.00658 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-36254
epss 0.00658 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-36254
epss 0.00658 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-36254
epss 0.00658 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-36254
epss 0.00658 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-36254
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36254
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36254
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-36254
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-36254
https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/commit/8f8a3dff705fad774a10864a2e3dbcfa9779ceff
cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2020-36254 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36254
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36254
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36254
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.61109
EPSS Score 0.00418
Published At Aug. 1, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:31:40.342325+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.10/main.json 37.0.0