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CVSS 4.9 · MEDIUM

CVE-2014-2532

sshd in OpenSSH before 6.6 does not properly support wildcards on AcceptEnv lines in sshd_config, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended environment restrictions by using a substring located before a wildcard character.

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Severity

Score: 4.9(MEDIUM)
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
AV: NETWORK
AC: HIGH
PR: LOW
UI: NONE
S: CHANGED
C: LOW
I: LOW
A: NONE
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264

EPSS

Probability of exploitation (next 30 days): 0.0020 (0.2%)
Percentile: 41.8%
EPSS: 2026-05-06

Affects

oracle:communications_user_data_repositoryopenbsd:openssh

Technical description

sshd in OpenSSH before 6.6 does not properly support wildcards on AcceptEnv lines in sshd_config, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended environment restrictions by using a substring located before a wildcard character.

Published: 3/18/2014, 5:18:19 AM
Last modified: 5/6/2026, 10:30:45 PM

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