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CVE-2005-2798
sshd in OpenSSH before 4.2, when GSSAPIDelegateCredentials is enabled, allows GSSAPI credentials to be delegated to clients who log in…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 2.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 17% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
sshd in OpenSSH before 4.2, when GSSAPIDelegateCredentials is enabled, allows GSSAPI credentials to be delegated to clients who log in using non-GSSAPI methods, which could cause those credentials to be exposed to untrusted users or hosts.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 17% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
24
- RHSA-2005:527 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- hpux-secure-shell-dos(24064) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 18507 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- HPSBUX02090 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2006:003 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 19141 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 18406 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 14729 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9717 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 18717 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17077 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0144 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1566 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1345 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-016.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 17245 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 18661 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 18010 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [openssh-unix-announce] 20050901 Announce: OpenSSH 4.2 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:172 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-033.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1014845 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- USN-209-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 16686 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2005-2799 (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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