In OpenSSH 7.9, scp.c in the scp client allows remote SSH servers to bypass intended access restrictions via the filename of . or an empty filename. The impact is modifying the permissions of the target directory on the client side.
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-17T21:53:56.287Z

Reserved: 2019-01-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-20685

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:05:17.712Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-01-10T21:29:00.377

Modified: 2025-12-17T22:15:55.163

Link: CVE-2018-20685

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-11-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-20685 - Bugzilla

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