CVE-2001-0872: OpenBSD OpenSSH

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

OpenSSH 3.0.1 and earlier with UseLogin enabled does not properly cleanse critical environment variables such as LD_PRELOAD, which allows local users to gain root privileges.

Affected products

• OpenBSD OpenSSH: up to and including 3.0.1
• Red Hat Linux: version 7.0 only; version 7.1 only; version 7.2 only
• Suse Suse Linux: version 6.4 only; version 7.0 only; version 7.1 only; version 7.2 only; version 7.3 only

Published 2001-12-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.