OpenSSH privilege separation flaw
Published Nov 8, 2006
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.73%
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the sshd Privilege Separation Monitor in OpenSSH before 4.5 causes weaker verification that authentication has been successful, which might allow attackers to bypass authentication. NOTE: as of 20061108, it is believed that this issue is only exploitable by leveraging vulnerabilities in the unprivileged process, which are not known to exist.
Affected products
No data.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
openssh-0:3.6.1p2-33.30.13
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0738
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
openssh-0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.17.1
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0738
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | openssh-0:3.6.1p2-33.30.13 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0738 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | openssh-0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.17.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0738 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.73% (0.02729) | 85.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.68% (0.02681) | 83.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 16, 2025 | 3.13% (0.03126) | 86.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.83% (0.01832) | 81.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.74% (0.03741) | 79.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.31% (0.01313) | 78.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 27, 2025 | 1.33% (0.01327) | 86.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.63% (0.02630) | 90.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 20, 2023 | 3.68% (0.03681) | 90.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 12, 2023 | 2.12% (0.02124) | 87.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 5, 2023 | 1.77% (0.01774) | 86.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 28, 2023 | 2.02% (0.02020) | 87.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 12, 2023 | 1.94% (0.01941) | 86.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.73% (0.01727) | 85.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
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