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CVE-2012-0814

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

  • Published2012-01-27
  • WeaknessCWE-255 · CWE-532

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Description

The auth_parse_options function in auth-options.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 5.7 provides debug messages containing authorized_keys command options, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain potentially sensitive information by reading these messages, as demonstrated by the shared user account required by Gitolite. NOTE: this can cross privilege boundaries because a user account may intentionally have no shell or filesystem access, and therefore may have no supported way to read an authorized_keys file in its own home directory.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2012-01-2719:55CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

NVD
OpenSSH
BranchAffectedFixed in
5.6≤ 5.6no fix published
1.2= 1.2no fix published
1.2= 1.2.1no fix published
1.2= 1.2.2no fix published
1.2= 1.2.3no fix published
1.2= 1.2.27no fix published
1.3= 1.3no fix published
1.5= 1.5no fix published
1.5= 1.5.7no fix published
1.5= 1.5.8no fix published
2.x= 2no fix published
2.1= 2.1no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Published
2012-01-27
Last Modified
2026-06-16
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-0814?

The auth_parse_options function in auth-options.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 5.7 provides debug messages containing authorized_keys command options, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain potentially sensitive information by reading these messages, as demonstrated by the shared user account required by Gitolite. NOTE: this can cross privilege boundaries because a user account may intentionally have no shell or filesystem access, and therefore may have no supported way to read an authorized_keys file in its own home directory.

Is CVE-2012-0814 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2012-0814 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 3.6% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-0814?

CVE-2012-0814 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

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