CVE-2024-47857

Summary

CVE-2024-47857 is a vulnerability affecting PrivX versions 18.0-36.0. This issue involves insufficient validation of public key signatures during native SSH connections via a proxy port. As a result, an attacker who has already compromised account A can impersonate account B and gain unauthorized access to SSH target hosts that account B has access to. This can lead to significant security risks, including data breaches and unauthorized access to sensitive systems. Organizations using PrivX are encouraged to update to a patched version as soon as possible to mitigate this threat.

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