CVE-2021-28041
High
CVE-2021-28041
ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 8.5 has a double free that may be relevant in a few less-common scenarios, such as unconstrained agent-socket access on a legacy operating system, or the forwarding of an agent to an attacker-controlled host.
Exploit probability
3.4%
Published
March 5, 2021
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
2 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2021-28041
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ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 8.5 has a double free that may be relevant in a few less-common scenarios, such as unconstrained agent-socket access on a legacy operating system, or the forwarding of an agent to an attacker-controlled host.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/e04fd6dde16de1cdc5a4d9946397ff60d96568db
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KQWGII3LQR4AOTPPFXGMTYE7UDEWIUKI/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TXST2CML2MWY3PNVUXX7FFJE3ATJMNVZ/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-35
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210416-0002/
- https://www.openssh.com/security.html
- https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-8.5
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/03/1
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html