rssh 2.3.3 and earlier allows local users to bypass intended restricted shell access via crafted environment variables in the command line.

Description

rssh 2.3.3 and earlier allows local users to bypass intended restricted shell access via crafted environment variables in the command line.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.39% · top 67% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• 20120508 rssh security announcement (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20121127 Re: rssh: incorrect filtering of command line options (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20120810 Re: CVE Request: rssh command-line parsing vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• DSA-2530 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 50272 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 53430 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20120810 CVE Request: rssh command-line parsing vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [rssh-discuss] 20120508 Re: rssh security announcement (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 20121127 Re: rssh security announcement (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 20:05 UTC.