Search for vulnerabilities
| Vulnerability ID | VCID-yy8r-ywzy-4kag |
| Aliases |
CVE-2018-15473
|
| Summary | OpenSSH through 7.7 is prone to a user enumeration vulnerability due to not delaying bailout for an invalid authenticating user until after the packet containing the request has been fully parsed, related to auth2-gss.c, auth2-hostbased.c, and auth2-pubkey.c. |
| Status | Published |
| Exploitability | 2.0 |
| Weighted Severity | 6.2 |
| Risk | 10.0 |
| Affected and Fixed Packages | Package Details |
| Data source | Metasploit |
|---|---|
| Description | This module uses a malformed packet or timing attack to enumerate users on an OpenSSH server. The default action sends a malformed (corrupted) SSH_MSG_USERAUTH_REQUEST packet using public key authentication (must be enabled) to enumerate users. On some versions of OpenSSH under some configurations, OpenSSH will return a "permission denied" error for an invalid user faster than for a valid user, creating an opportunity for a timing attack to enumerate users. Testing note: invalid users were logged, while valid users were not. YMMV. |
| Note | Stability: - crash-service-down Reliability: [] SideEffects: - ioc-in-logs - account-lockouts |
| Ransomware campaign use | Unknown |
| Source URL | https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/tree/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/ssh/ssh_enumusers.rb |
| Data source | Exploit-DB |
|---|---|
| Date added | Dec. 4, 2018 |
| Description | OpenSSH < 7.7 - User Enumeration (2) |
| Ransomware campaign use | Unknown |
| Source publication date | Dec. 4, 2018 |
| Exploit type | remote |
| Platform | linux |
| Source update date | Dec. 4, 2018 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Percentile | 0.99701 |
| EPSS Score | 0.92167 |
| Published At | Sept. 11, 2025, 12:55 p.m. |
| Date | Actor | Action | Source | VulnerableCode Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-31T08:29:01.576633+00:00 | Alpine Linux Importer | Import | https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.14/main.json | 37.0.0 |