CVE-2001-0529: OpenBSD OpenSSH

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

OpenSSH version 2.9 and earlier, with X forwarding enabled, allows a local attacker to delete any file named 'cookies' via a symlink attack.

Affected products

• OpenBSD OpenSSH: up to and including 2.9

Published 2001-08-14. Last modified 2026-06-16.