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Google: net-misc/openssh: security update to 18137.0.0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 450723

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - In ssh in OpenSSH before 9.6, OS command injection might occur if a user name or host name has shell
 metacharacters, and this name is referenced by an expansion token in certain situations. For example, an
 untrusted Git repository can have a submodule with shell metacharacters in a user name or host name.
 (CVE-2023-51385)

Solution

Update the net-misc/openssh library and its related packages to version 18137.0.0 or later.

See Also

https://storage.googleapis.com/cos-oval-vulnerability-feed/cos-113.oval.xml.tar.gz

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 450723

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.1

Percentile: 53.52

Vendor

Vendor Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-51385

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-51385