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CVE-2000-0217
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2000-02-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Description
The default configuration of SSH allows X forwarding, which could allow a remote attacker to control a client's X sessions via a malicious xauth program.
Affected products
- OpenSSH: 1.2
- Ssh: 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5 (+26)
- Ssh2: 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 (+7)
References
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