CVE-2005-3345: Rssh

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

rssh 2.0.0 through 2.2.3 allows local users to bypass access restrictions and gain root privileges by using the rssh_chroot_helper command to chroot to an external directory.

Affected products

• Rssh Rssh: version 2.0 only; version 2.1 only; version 2.2 only; version 2.2.1 only; version 2.2.2 only; version 2.2.3 only

Published 2005-12-28. Last modified 2026-06-16.