CVE-2023-51767

OpenSSH through 10.0, when common types of DRAM are used, might allow row hammer attacks (for authentication bypass) because the integer value of authenticated in mm_answer_authpassword does not resist flips of a single bit. NOTE: this is applicable to a certain threat model of attacker-victim co-location in which the attacker has user privileges. NOTE: this is disputed by the Supplier, who states "we do not consider it to be the application's responsibility to defend against platform architectural weaknesses."

CVSS 3.1

7.0CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 51% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

Published

2023-12-24

Modified

2026-10-15

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• fedoraproject:fedora
• openbsd:openssh
• redhat:enterprise_linux

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-51767
• https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.02545
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255850
• https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/8241b9c0529228b4b86d88b1a6076fb9f97e4a99/auth-passwd.c#L77
• https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/8241b9c0529228b4b86d88b1a6076fb9f97e4a99/monitor.c#L878

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