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CVE-2018-7750

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2018-03-13
  • Fixed in2.4.1 · 2.3.2 · 2.2.3 · 2.1.5 · 2.0.8 · 1.18.5
  • WeaknessCWE-287

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Description

transport.py in the SSH server implementation of Paramiko before 1.17.6, 1.18.x before 1.18.5, 2.0.x before 2.0.8, 2.1.x before 2.1.5, 2.2.x before 2.2.3, 2.3.x before 2.3.2, and 2.4.x before 2.4.1 does not properly check whether authentication is completed before processing other requests, as demonstrated by channel-open. A customized SSH client can simply skip the authentication step.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2018-03-1318:29CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2026-10-2319:23First public proof of conceptPoC-in-GitHub
  3. 2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS

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

OSV · NVD
Paramiko
BranchAffectedFixed in
2.4≥ 2.4.0, < 2.4.12.4.1
2.3≥ 2.3.0, < 2.3.22.3.2
2.2≥ 2.2.0, < 2.2.32.2.3
2.1≥ 2.1.0, < 2.1.52.1.5
2.0≥ 2.0.0, < 2.0.82.0.8
1.18≥ 1.18.0, < 1.18.51.18.5
1.17< 1.17.61.17.6
2.4= 2.4.0no fix published
Redhat enterprise linux server aus
BranchAffectedFixed in
6.4= 6.4no fix published
6.5= 6.5no fix published
6.6= 6.6no fix published
Debian debian linux
BranchAffectedFixed in
8.0= 8.0no fix published
9.0= 9.0no fix published

8 more products in the sources.

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

Fix

  1. Update Paramiko to 2.4.1 · 2.3.2 · 2.2.3 · 2.1.5 · 2.0.8 · 1.18.5 · 1.17.6

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-10-23 19:23 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
2 repositories, unverifiedjm33-m0/CVE-2018-7750tlavi00/CVE-2018-7750
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • NVDCVSS 3.19.8read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 2.07.5read 2026-10-23
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-287read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score27.1 %read 2026-10-23
  • PoC-in-GitHubproof of concept2read 2026-10-23
  • OSVaffected packages—

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2018-03-13
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-7750?

transport.py in the SSH server implementation of Paramiko before 1.17.6, 1.18.x before 1.18.5, 2.0.x before 2.0.8, 2.1.x before 2.1.5, 2.2.x before 2.2.3, 2.3.x before 2.3.2, and 2.4.x before 2.4.1 does not properly check whether authentication is completed before processing other requests, as demonstrated by channel-open. A customized SSH client can simply skip the authentication step.

Is CVE-2018-7750 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2018-7750 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 27.1% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-7750?

CVE-2018-7750 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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