{"cve":"CVE-2020-15778","nvd":{"published":"2020-07-24T14:15:12.450","modified":"2026-10-14T10:17:30.510","status":"Modified","description":"scp in OpenSSH through 8.3p1 allows command injection in the scp.c toremote function, as demonstrated by backtick characters in the destination argument. NOTE: the vendor reportedly has stated that they intentionally omit validation of \"anomalous argument transfers\" because that could \"stand a great chance of breaking existing workflows.\"","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.4},"cwes":["CWE-78"],"references":["https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3166","https://github.com/cpandya2909/CVE-2020-15778/","https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25005567","https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-06","https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0007/"],"products":["broadcom:fabric_operating_system","netapp:a700s_firmware","netapp:active_iq_unified_manager","netapp:hci_compute_node","netapp:hci_management_node","netapp:hci_storage_node","netapp:solidfire","netapp:steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage","openbsd:openssh"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:06:22.076270124+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-15778","score":0.13675,"percentile":0.96462,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}