CVE•Published 2010-12-06•Modified 2026-05-28•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2010-4478Openbsd · Openssh
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
63
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 37% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
OpenSSH 5.6 and earlier, when J-PAKE is enabled, does not properly validate the public parameters in the J-PAKE protocol, which allows remote attackers to bypass the need for knowledge of the shared secret, and successfully authenticate, by sending crafted values in each round of the protocol, a related issue to CVE-2010-4252.
Timeline
Published 2010-12-06
Modified 2026-05-28
External references
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 tag806,265 hosts
vuln:CVE-2010-4478Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Openbsd Openssh"All exposed Openbsd Openssh instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
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-2010-4478Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2010-4478Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2010-4478Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2010-4478GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2010-4478" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.