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CVE-2023-38408

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 79.70% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2023-07-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
remote code execution code execution
GitHub PoC Links
github.com ↗ github.com ↗ github.com ↗
External Security References
packetstormsecurity.com ↗

Note: these links are listed for security research and verification purposes only.

CVE
CVE-2023-38408
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
79.70%

Original NVD Description

The PKCS#11 feature in ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 9.3p2 has an insufficiently trustworthy search path, leading to remote code execution if an agent is forwarded to an attacker-controlled system. (Code in /usr/lib is not necessarily safe for loading into ssh-agent.) NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-10009.