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CVE-2001-1474

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-01-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

SSH before 2.0 disables host key checking when connecting to the localhost, which allows remote attackers to silently redirect connections to the localhost by poisoning the client's DNS cache.

Affected products

• Ssh: 1.2.24, 1.2.25, 1.2.26, 1.2.27, 1.2.28, 1.2.29 (+2)

References

• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/786900
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6604
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/786900
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6604

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