The SSH key generation process in OpenSSH in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4 through 10.4.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…

Description

The SSH key generation process in OpenSSH in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4 through 10.4.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by connecting to the server before SSH has finished creating keys, which causes the keys to be regenerated and can break trust relationships that were based on the original keys.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.0% · top 9.5% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• TA07-072A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2007-03-13 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• 22948 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1017756 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 34850 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• macos-openssh-dos(32975) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• ADV-2007-0930 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 24479 (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)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2007-0726](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2007-0726.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2007-0726)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 12:26 UTC.