CVE-2023-51385 (GCVE-0-2023-51385)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-18 00:00 – Updated: 2025-12-18 14:49
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Summary
In ssh in OpenSSH before 9.6, OS command injection might occur if a user name or host name has shell metacharacters, and this name is referenced by an expansion token in certain situations. For example, an untrusted Git repository can have a submodule with shell metacharacters in a user name or host name.
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