CVE-2001-0259: SSH

Low severity, CVSS 3.6. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

ssh-keygen in ssh 1.2.27 - 1.2.30 with Secure-RPC can allow local attackers to recover a SUN-DES-1 magic phrase generated by another user, which the attacker can use to decrypt that user's private key file.

Affected products

• SSH SSH: version 1.2.27 only; version 1.2.28 only; version 1.2.29 only; version 1.2.30 only

Published 2001-06-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.