CyberICT

CVE-2021-41617

Openbsd · Published September 26, 2021

CVSS v3.1

HIGH
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Description

sshd in OpenSSH 6.2 through 8.x before 8.8, when certain non-default configurations are used, allows privilege escalation because supplemental groups are not initialized as expected. Helper programs for AuthorizedKeysCommand and AuthorizedPrincipalsCommand may run with privileges associated with group memberships of the sshd process, if the configuration specifies running the command as a different user.

Affected Products

  • Openssh < 8.8
  • Fedora
  • Active IQ Unified Manager
  • Clustered Data Ontap

CVSS Vector

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