CVE•Published 2008-11-19•Modified 2026-05-28•0 articles on news•7 live references•NVD data

CVE-2008-5161Openbsd · Openssh

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

3.7

LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 14% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor CWE-329Generation of Predictable IV with CBC Mode

Description

Error handling in the SSH protocol in (1) SSH Tectia Client and Server and Connector 4.0 through 4.4.11, 5.0 through 5.2.4, and 5.3 through 5.3.8; Client and Server and ConnectSecure 6.0 through 6.0.4; Server for Linux on IBM System z 6.0.4; Server for IBM z/OS 5.5.1 and earlier, 6.0.0, and 6.0.1; and Client 4.0-J through 4.3.3-J and 4.0-K through 4.3.10-K; and (2) OpenSSH 4.7p1 and possibly other versions, when using a block cipher algorithm in Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) mode, makes it easier for remote attackers to recover certain plaintext data from an arbitrary block of ciphertext in an SSH session via unknown vectors.

Timeline

Published 2008-11-19

Modified 2026-05-28

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC Sploitus trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag912 hosts

vuln:CVE-2008-5161

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product + version

product:"Openbsd Openssh" version:"4.7p1"

Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Openssh"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Openssh" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2008-5161