CVE-2023-35812 | BDVDB-2026-229759 Detail

Description#

An issue was discovered in the Amazon Linux packages of OpenSSH 7.4 for Amazon Linux 1 and 2, because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-6111 within these specific packages. The fix had only covered cases where an absolute path is passed to scp. When a relative path is used, there is no verification that the name of a file received by the client matches the file requested. Fixed packages are available with numbers 7.4p1-22.78.amzn1 and 7.4p1-22.amzn2.0.2.

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact none, integrity impact high, availability impact none. Attack vector: network.

Weaknesses#

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

References#

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-35812.html

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12024-04-03Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22025-03-25Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2024-04-03
Last modified: 2025-03-25

Vendor information

Vendor: Not stated
Product: Not stated

Score

5.3 Medium

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 42.0.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Path Traversal

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

No version data in the source record.

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

5.3 Medium

CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:N/A:N/C:N/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:R

Metric breakdown
Attack Complexity	High
Attack Vector	Network
Availability	None
Confidentiality	None
Integrity	High
Privileges Required	None
Scope	Unchanged
User Interaction	Required

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).