CVE•Published 2015-08-03•Modified 2026-05-27•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2015-5600Openbsd · Openssh

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

8.1

HIGH

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

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 1% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264 CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Description

The kbdint_next_device function in auth2-chall.c in sshd in OpenSSH through 6.9 does not properly restrict the processing of keyboard-interactive devices within a single connection, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct brute-force attacks or cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long and duplicative list in the ssh -oKbdInteractiveDevices option, as demonstrated by a modified client that provides a different password for each pam element on this list.

Timeline

Published 2015-08-03

Modified 2026-05-27

External references

NVD MITRE 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 tag1,255,025 hosts

vuln:CVE-2015-5600

Hosts 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-2015-5600