What is GHSA-9998-pmcc-vpg5?

GHSA-9998-pmcc-vpg5 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Low severity. ssh-keysign.c in ssh-keysign in OpenSSH before 5.8p2 on certain platforms executes ssh-rand...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-9998-pmcc-vpg5 cover?

GHSA-9998-pmcc-vpg5 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2011-4327. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-9998-pmcc-vpg5?

GHSA-9998-pmcc-vpg5 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-9998-pmcc-vpg5LowCVSS 5.5

ssh-keysign.c in ssh-keysign in OpenSSH before 5.8p2 on certain platforms executes ssh-rand...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 17, 2022

Last Modified

May 29, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2011-4327 →

📋 Description

ssh-keysign.c in ssh-keysign in OpenSSH before 5.8p2 on certain platforms executes ssh-rand-helper with unintended open file descriptors, which allows local users to obtain sensitive key information via the ptrace system call.

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4327
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=755640
http://www.openssh.com/txt/portable-keysign-rand-helper.adv
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9998-pmcc-vpg5