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CVE-2000-1169
OpenSSH SSH client before 2.3.0 does not properly disable X11 or agent forwarding, which could allow a malicious SSH server to gain access…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 1.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 21% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
OpenSSH SSH client before 2.3.0 does not properly disable X11 or agent forwarding, which could allow a malicious SSH server to gain access to the X11 display and sniff X11 events, or gain access to the ssh-agent.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 39 days later
· 39 days later
Published
- 24 years later
· 24 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- MDKSA-2000:068 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- SuSE-SA:2000:47 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2000:111 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20001123 OpenSSH Security Advisory (adv.fwd) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- openssh-unauthorized-access(5517) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20001118 openssh: possible remote exploit (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20001115 Trustix Security Advisory - bind and openssh (and modutils) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1949 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- CLSA-2000:345 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- 6248 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 2114 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2000-1154 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2000-1169)Record last updated .