Description
OpenSSH 9.5 through 9.7 before 9.8 sometimes allows timing attacks against echo-off password entry (e.g., for su and Sudo) because of an ObscureKeystrokeTiming logic error. Similarly, other timing attacks against keystroke entry could occur.
Published: 2024-07-02
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 3.0% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6887-1 OpenSSH vulnerability
History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 17:30:00 +0000

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References

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01584}

epss

{'score': 0.01603}


Wed, 29 Jan 2025 22:45:00 +0000


Wed, 11 Sep 2024 15:30:00 +0000


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-04T16:12:30.897Z

Reserved: 2024-07-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-39894

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:33:11.961Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-07-02T18:15:03.710

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2024-39894

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-07-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-39894 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T22:31:08Z

Weaknesses