MEDIUM
openssh: commands in ~/.ssh/rc override ForceCommand directive
Published Apr 2, 2008
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.21%
Description
OpenSSH 4.4 up to versions before 4.9 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the sshd_config ForceCommand directive by modifying the .ssh/rc session file.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. These issues did not affect the versions of OpenSSH as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
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.
6.5 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.21% 0.02205
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02205
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.21% (0.02205) | 81.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.22% (0.02223) | 80.33th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.31% (0.00307) | 51.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 14, 2025 | 5.80% (0.05802) | 93.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 4.40% (0.04403) | 92.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.48% (0.00481) | 76.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.45% (0.00450) | 74.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.45% (0.00450) | 71.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.53% (0.02528) | 81.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.53% (0.02528) | 80.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.53% (0.02528) | 58.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (36)
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-005.txt.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_NETBSD
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ssh_advisory.asc x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00007.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29602 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29609 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29683 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29693 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29735 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29939 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30361 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31531 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31882 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32080 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32110 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2374.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0139 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-03.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:098 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata43.html#001_openssh vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENBSDPatch
- http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.9 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490488/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28531 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019733 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-649-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1035/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1624/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2396 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1657 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=440268 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41549 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2419 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1657
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1657
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 2, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Apr 2, 2008
Link CVE-2008-1657
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a