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CVE-2002-1646

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

SSH Secure Shell for Servers 3.0.0 to 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to override the AllowedAuthentications configuration and use less secure authentication schemes (e.g. password) than configured for the server.

Affected products

• SSH Secure Shell For Servers: 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.1, 3.1.1

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0204.html
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-081.shtml
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/341187
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4810
• http://www.ssh.com/company/newsroom/article/201/
• http://www.ssh.com/products/ssh/advisories/authentication.cfm
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9163
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0204.html
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-081.shtml
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/341187
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4810
• http://www.ssh.com/company/newsroom/article/201/

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