Description
The auth_parse_options function in auth-options.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 5.7 provides debug messages containing authorized_keys command options, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain potentially sensitive information by reading these messages, as demonstrated by the shared user account required by Gitolite. NOTE: this can cross privilege boundaries because a user account may intentionally have no shell or filesystem access, and therefore may have no supported way to read an authorized_keys file in its own home directory.
Published: 2012-01-27
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: 3.7% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-0841 The auth_parse_options function in auth-options.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 5.7 provides debug messages containing authorized_keys command options, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain potentially sensitive information by reading these messages, as demonstrated by the shared user account required by Gitolite. NOTE: this can cross privilege boundaries because a user account may intentionally have no shell or filesystem access, and therefore may have no supported way to read an authorized_keys file in its own home directory.
History

Fri, 22 May 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-532
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-22T10:28:10.281Z

Reserved: 2012-01-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-0814

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-06T18:38:14.970Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-01-27T19:55:01.063

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:38:18.700

Link: CVE-2012-0814

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2012-01-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-0814 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses