CVE-2020-15778 — scp in OpenSSH through 8.3p1 allows command injection in scp.c remote function, as demonstrated...

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

1. Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Broadcom Fabric Operating System, Netapp A700s Firmware, Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager…).
2. No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
3. Exploitation requires user interaction: tighten email/web filtering and warn affected users.
4. EPSS ahead of 96% of scored CVEs: prioritize it in the patch queue.
5. Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (injection), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-78 · OS Command Injection

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 · 2 reading(s) · max 13.68%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

• Look for parameters with command/query metacharacters and unexpected child processes of the service.

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

• 2026
• SSVC assessment updated
  Oct 14, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• Record published
  Oct 14, 2026
• Affected products added · openbsd/openssh, netapp/a700s firmware, netapp/active iq unified manager, netapp/hci management node, netapp/solidfire,
  Oct 14, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• CVSS changed · 7.4
  Oct 14, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Source status changed · → Modified
  Oct 14, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Record created in this database
  Oct 14, 2026 · Alertas do Telegram
• 2020
• CVE published
  Jul 24, 2020 · mitre

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

• 2× References added · Oct 14, 2026 – Oct 14, 2026
• 1× Official description updated · Oct 14, 2026 – Oct 14, 2026

References

11 on the record

• www.openssh.com/security.html
  Vendor Advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• github.com/advisories/GHSA-cvxm-8hgf-6m6m
  GitHub Security Advisories
• cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
  NIST National Vulnerability Database
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15778
  GitHub Security Advisories
• security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0007/
  Third Party Advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0007
  GitHub Security Advisories
• github.com/cpandya2909/CVE-2020-15778
  GitHub Security Advisories
• access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3166
  Third Party Advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-06
  Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• news.ycombinator.com/item
  Third Party Advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• github.com/cpandya2909/CVE-2020-15778/
  Exploit, Third Party Advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

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• High CVE-2026-94577 A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the internal Command-Line Interface (CLI)... 7d
• Medium CVE-2026-94581 An OS command injection vulnerability exists in the REST API management interface of Brocade... 7d
• Medium CVE-2026-94586 A command injection vulnerability exists in the WebTools administrative interface handling... 7d
• High CVE-2026-94585 An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in the web management interface of Brocade Fabric... 7d

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

• No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
• No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
• No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
• No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2020-15778 is "scp in OpenSSH through 8.3p1 allows command injection in scp.c remote function, as demonstrated...", rated High. It affects Fabric Operating System (Broadcom); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 7.4 describes technical severity. EPSS 13.68% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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