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Medium exploit reference

CVE-2023-48795 — Prefix Truncation Attack against ChaCha20-Poly1305 and Encrypt-then-MAC aka Terrapin

The SSH transport protocol with certain OpenSSH extensions, found in OpenSSH before 9.6 and other products, allows remote attackers to bypass integrity checks such that some packets are omitted (from the extension negotiation message), and a client and server may consequently end up with a connection for which some security features have been downgraded or disabled, aka a Terrapin attack. This occurs because the SSH Binary Packet Protocol (BPP), implemented by these extensions, mishandles the handshake phase and mishandles use of sequence numbers. For example, there is an effective attack against SSH's use of ChaCha20-Poly1305 (and CBC with Encrypt-then-MAC). The bypass occurs in chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com and (if CBC is used) the -etm@openssh.com MAC algorithms. This also affects Maverick Synergy Java SSH API before 3.1.0-SNAPSHOT, Dropbear through 2022.83, Ssh before 5.1.1 in Erlang/OTP, PuTTY before 0.80, AsyncSSH before 2.14.2, golang.org/x/crypto before 0.17.0, libssh before 0.10.6, libssh2 through 1.11.0, Thorn Tech SFTP Gateway before 3.4.6, Tera Term before 5.1, Paramiko before 3.4.0, jsch before 0.2.15, SFTPGo before 2.5.6, Netgate pfSense Plus through 23.09.1, Netgate pfSense CE through 2.7.2, HPN-SSH through 18.2.0, ProFTPD before 1.3.8b (and before 1.3.9rc2), ORYX CycloneSSH before 2.3.4, NetSarang XShell 7 before Build 0144, CrushFTP before 10.6.0, ConnectBot SSH library before 2.2.22, Apache MINA sshd through 2.11.0, sshj through 0.37.0, TinySSH through 20230101, trilead-ssh2 6401, LANCOM LCOS and LANconfig, FileZilla before 3.66.4, Nova before 11.8, PKIX-SSH before 14.4, SecureCRT before 9.4.3, Transmit5 before 5.10.4, Win32-OpenSSH before 9.5.0.0p1-Beta, WinSCP before 6.2.2, Bitvise SSH Server before 9.32, Bitvise SSH Client before 9.33, KiTTY through 0.76.1.13, the net-ssh gem 7.2.0 for Ruby, the mscdex ssh2 module before 1.15.0 for Node.js, the thrussh library before 0.35.1 for Rust, and the Russh crate before 0.40.2 for Rust.

Published Dec 18, 2023 · Updated Oct 14, 2026 · Sources: NIST National Vulnerability Database, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP, GitHub Security Advisories · CNA: mitre

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

How the score was calculated
  • Public exploit/PoC (nuclei)+4
  • EPSS 93.5% (30-day exploitation probability)+15
  • Technical severity (medium)+3
  • CISA SSVC: exploitation "poc"+5

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

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

Exploitation
Not confirmed
Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.
EPSS FIRST
93.55%
ahead of 100% of scored CVEs · Oct 15, 2026
Affects
9bis
Kitty and 67 more
CVSS base
5.9
Medium · 4 source(s)

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.

Exploitation
Proof of concept
none · proof-of-concept · active
Automatable
No
can an attacker script the kill-chain steps
Technical impact
Partial
partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Remediation

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

  • Documented mitigation — www.openwall.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
  • Documented patch — git.libssh.org (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
  • Documented patch — github.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
  • Documented patch — github.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
  • Documented patch — github.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
  • Documented patch — github.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
  • Documented patch — github.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
  • Documented mitigation — github.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
  • Documented patch — github.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
  • Documented patch — github.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
  • Documented patch — github.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
  • Documented patch — github.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
  • Documented patch — nest.pijul.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
  • Documented mitigation — www.openwall.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
  • Rust Russh: fixed in version 0.40.2 — github.com (GitHub Security Advisories)
  • Pip Paramiko: fixed in version 3.4.0 — github.com (GitHub Security Advisories)
  • Go Golang.org/x/crypto: fixed in version 0.17.0 — github.com (GitHub Security Advisories)
  • Go Golang.org/x/crypto: fixed in version 0.0.0-20231218163308-9d2ee975ef9f — github.com (GitHub Security Advisories)

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 (9bis Kitty, Apache Software Foundation Sshd, Apache Software Foundation Sshj…).
  2. The attack is network-based and needs no privileges: restrict exposure (ACLs, VPN, WAF) until patched.
  3. Apply the fixed version or the patch documented under Remediation.
  4. EPSS ahead of 100% of scored CVEs: prioritize it in the patch queue.
  5. Search available logs for exploit probes, errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

VendorProductVersionsStatusSource
9bis Kitty ≤ 0.76.1.13 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Apache Software Foundation Sshd ≤ 2.11.0 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Apache Software Foundation Sshj ≤ 0.37.0 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Apple Macos ≥ 14.0 and < 14.4 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Asyncssh Project Asyncssh < 2.14.2 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Bitvise Ssh Client < 9.33 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Bitvise Ssh Server < 9.32 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Connectbot Sshlib < 2.2.22 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Crates Thrussh < 0.35.1 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
CrushFTP CrushFTP ≤ 10.6.0< 10.6.0 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Debian Debian Linux version 10.0 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Dropbear Ssh Project Dropbear Ssh < 2022.83 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Erlang Erlang/otp < 22.3.4.27≥ 26.0 and < 26.2.1≥ 25.0 and < 25.3.2.8≥ 24.0 and < 24.3.4.15≥ 23.0 and < 23.3.4.20 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Fedoraproject Fedora version 39version 38 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Filezilla-project Filezilla Client < 3.66.4 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Freebsd Freebsd ≤ 12.4 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Gentoo Security versions not specified by the source Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Golang Crypto < 0.17.0 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Jadaptive Maverick Synergy Java Ssh Api < 3.1.0-snapshot Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Lancom-systems Lanconfig versions not specified by the source Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Lancom-systems Lcos ≤ 3.66.4 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Lancom-systems Lcos Fx versions not specified by the source Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Lancom-systems Lcos Lx versions not specified by the source Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Lancom-systems Lcos Sx version 5.20version 4.20 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Libssh Libssh < 0.10.6 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Libssh2 Libssh2 < 1.11.1 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Matez Jsch < 0.2.15 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Net-ssh Net-ssh version 7.2.0 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Netgate Pfsense Ce ≤ 2.7.2 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Netgate Pfsense Plus ≤ 23.09.1 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Netsarang Xshell 7 < build__0144 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Openbsd Openssh < 9.6 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Oryx-embedded Cyclone Ssh < 2.3.4 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Panic Nova < 11.8 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Panic Transmit 5 < 5.10.4 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Paramiko Paramiko < 3.4.0 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Proftpd Proftpd ≤ 1.3.8b Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Putty Putty < 0.80 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security version 4.0version 3.0 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Red Hat Ceph Storage version 6.0 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Red Hat Cert-manager Operator For Red Hat Openshift versions not specified by the source Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Red Hat Discovery versions not specified by the source Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 9.0version 8.0 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform version 7.0 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Red Hat Keycloak versions not specified by the source Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Red Hat Openshift Api For Data Protection versions not specified by the source Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Red Hat Openshift Container Platform version 4.0 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation version 4.0 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Red Hat Openshift Dev Spaces versions not specified by the source Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Red Hat Openshift Developer Tools And Services versions not specified by the source Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Red Hat Openshift Gitops versions not specified by the source Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Red Hat Openshift Pipelines versions not specified by the source Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Red Hat Openshift Serverless versions not specified by the source Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Red Hat Openshift Virtualization version 4 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Red Hat Openstack Platform version 16.1version 16.2version 17.1 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Red Hat Single Sign-on version 7.0 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Red Hat Storage version 3.0 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Roumenpetrov Pkixssh < 14.4 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Russh Project Russh < 0.40.2 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Sftpgo Project Sftpgo < 2.5.6 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
SSH Ssh ≥ 4.10 and < 4.11.1.7≥ 5.0 and < 5.1.1≥ 4.14 and < 4.15.3.1≥ 4.12 and < 4.13.2.4< 4.9.1.5 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Ssh2 Project Ssh2 ≤ 1.11.0 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Tera Term Project Tera Term ≤ 5.1 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Thorntech Sftp Gateway Firmware < 3.4.6 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Tinyssh Tinyssh ≤ 20230101 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Trilead Ssh2 version 6401 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Vandyke Securecrt < 9.4.3 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Winscp Winscp < 6.2.2 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Go Golang.org/x/crypto ≥ 0.1.0 and < 0.17.0< 0.0.0-20231218163308-9d2ee975ef9f Vulnerable GitHub Security Advisories
Pip Paramiko ≥ 2.5.0 and < 3.4.0 Vulnerable GitHub Security Advisories
Rust Russh < 0.40.2 Vulnerable GitHub Security Advisories

Attack characteristics

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

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Every base score collected

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

ScoreVersionSeverityExpl.ImpactScored by
5.9 CVSS 3.1 Medium 2.2 3.6 nvd@nist.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database
5.9 CVSS 3.1 Medium 2.2 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 via NIST National Vulnerability Database
5.9 CVSS 3.1 Medium — — GitHub, Inc. via GitHub Security Advisories
5.9 CVSS 3.1 Medium — — CISA-ADP via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N (score shown at the top: nvd@nist.gov)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-354

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Public exploits, PoCs and detection templates

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EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 14, 2026 → Oct 15, 2026 · 2 reading(s) · max 93.55%

Detection

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

  • Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
web/proxy/WAF logsnetwork IDS/IPS

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

  • 2026
  • Fix documented
    Oct 14, 2026 · GitHub Security Advisories
  • Affected products added · rust/russh, pip/paramiko, go/golang.org/x/crypto
    Oct 14, 2026 · GitHub Security Advisories
  • SSVC assessment updated
    Oct 14, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
  • Record published
    Oct 14, 2026
  • Fix documented
    Oct 14, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • Affected products added · openbsd/openssh, putty/putty, filezilla-project/filezilla client, panic/transmit 5, panic/nova, roumenpetrov/pkixssh, wi
    Oct 14, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • CVSS changed · 5.9
    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
  • 2023
  • CVE published
    Dec 18, 2023 · 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

100 on the record

Elsewhere on this site

9bis
every CVE for this vendor
CWE-354
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

  • Medium CVE-2026-96596 erl_tar:extract/2 loops forever on a GNU sparse member with a trailing hole 1d
  • High CVE-2026-94200 TLS 1.3 client ticket store crashed by NewSessionTicket with empty early_data extension in ssl 1d
  • Medium CVE-2026-105236 TLS 1.2 session resumption in ssl crosses SNI virtual-host client-certificate trust boundaries 1d
  • Critical CVE-2026-107935 Gvisor-tap-vsock: gvisor-tap-vsock: unathenticated arbitrary file deletion on the host via /expose 6d
  • Medium CVE-2026-107174 Source-to-image: source-to-image: security boundary bypass via absolute symbolic link extraction 8d
  • Medium CVE-2026-104046 Sssd: sssd: denial of service via incomplete identity provider authentication requests 9d

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 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-2023-48795 is "Prefix Truncation Attack against ChaCha20-Poly1305 and Encrypt-then-MAC aka Terrapin", rated Medium. It affects Kitty (9bis); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 5.9 describes technical severity. EPSS 93.55% 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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