CVE-2018-7750

Exp

transport.py in the SSH server implementation of Paramiko before 1.17.6, 1.18.x before 1.18.5, 2.0.x before 2.0.8, 2.1.x before 2.1.5, 2.2.x before 2.2.3, 2.3.x before 2.3.2, and 2.4.x before 2.4.1 does not properly check whether authentication is completed before processing other requests, as demonstrated by channel-open. A customized SSH client can simply skip the authentication step.

Published: 2018-03-13 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2018-7750 is rated High Exploit Risk (93.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 27.07%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +9.38% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2018-7750

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
45712 exploit_db edb 2018-10-29 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-7750

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 17.69% 27.07% +9.38%
2 2026-06-09 13.83% 17.69% +3.86%
3 2026-04-13 13.83%

Full EPSS history (34 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-7750

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 5.9 [email protected]
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-7750

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2018-7750

GHSA-232r-66cg-79px · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: pip — Paramiko not properly checking authentication before processing other requests

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-7750

vendor priority summary link
alpine critical CVE-2018-7750: 1 source package rows (py3-paramiko); 10 state rows across 10 repos (3.11-main, 3.12-main, 3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community, edge-main); fixed 10, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-7750
debian not yet assigned CVE-2018-7750 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (paramiko), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-7750
redhat critical https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7750
suse high CVE-2018-7750 severity important: SUSE including 254 source package names (amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20210304-hvm-ssd-x86_64, amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20220127-hvm-ssd-x86_64, …), 276 product×package rows across 32 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-BYOS, … (32 product lines)): Known Affected 231, Fixed 28, Known Not Affected 17. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7750/
ubuntu high CVE-2018-7750 high priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (paramiko), 4 status rows across 4 suites (artful, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-7750

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-7750

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
paramiko paramiko < 1.17.6 cpe:2.3:a:paramiko:paramiko:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paramiko paramiko >= 1.18.0, < 1.18.5 cpe:2.3:a:paramiko:paramiko:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paramiko paramiko >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:paramiko:paramiko:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paramiko paramiko >= 2.1.0, < 2.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:paramiko:paramiko:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paramiko paramiko >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:paramiko:paramiko:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paramiko paramiko >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:paramiko:paramiko:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paramiko paramiko 2.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:paramiko:paramiko:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible_engine 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible_engine 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat cloudforms 4.5 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat cloudforms 4.6 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat virtualization 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 6.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 6.5 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 6.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 6.7 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 6.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-7750

URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103713 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0591 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0646 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1124 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1125 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1213 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1274 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1328 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1525 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1972 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/paramiko/paramiko/blob/master/sites/www/changelog.rst Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/paramiko/paramiko/commit/fa29bd8446c8eab237f5187d28787727b4610516 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/paramiko/paramiko/issues/1175 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00018.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00025.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3603-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3603-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45712/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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