CVE-2019-6109

An issue was discovered in OpenSSH 7.9. Due to missing character encoding in the progress display, a malicious server (or Man-in-The-Middle attacker) can employ crafted object names to manipulate the client output, e.g., by using ANSI control codes to hide additional files being transferred. This affects refresh_progress_meter() in progressmeter.c.

Published: 2019-01-31 Last update: 2026-05-28 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-6109 is rated Moderate Risk (62/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.74%, 93th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +2.32% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-6109

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 2026-04-02 7.41% 9.74% +2.32%
2 2026-03-04 12.55% 7.41% -5.13%
3 2026-03-01 — 12.55% —

Full EPSS history (65 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-6109

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N 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:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
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:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.6 5.2 [email protected]
6.8 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N 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:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
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:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.6 5.2 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 4.9 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-6109

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2019-6109

GHSA-2pqm-q853-jfvf · Severity: medium — An issue was discovered in OpenSSH 7.9. Due to missing character encoding in the progress display...

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-6109

vendor priority summary link
alpine medium CVE-2019-6109: 1 source package rows (openssh); 25 state rows across 10 repos (3.10-main, 3.11-main, 3.12-main, 3.17-main, 3.18-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 10, open 15. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-6109
debian not yet assigned CVE-2019-6109 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (openssh), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-6109
gentoo normal CVE-2019-6109: 1 GLSA(s) (201903-16), 1 atom(s) (net-misc/openssh); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2019-6109
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6109
suse medium CVE-2019-6109 severity moderate: SUSE including 372 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, …), 528 product×package rows across 79 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0, SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, … (79 product lines)): Fixed 298, Known Affected 157, Known Not Affected 73. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6109/
ubuntu medium CVE-2019-6109 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (openssh, openssh-ssh1), 34 status rows across 17 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 17, ignored 15, DNE 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-6109

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-6109

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openbsd openssh <= 7.9 cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
winscp winscp <= 5.13 cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp element_software — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:element_software:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp ontap_select_deploy — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp storage_automation_store — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:storage_automation_store:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 30 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 8.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 8.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 8.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 8.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 8.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 8.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 8.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 8.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 8.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 8.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens scalance_x204rna_firmware < 3.2.7 cpe:2.3:o:siemens:scalance_x204rna_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens scalance_x204rna_eec_firmware < 3.2.7 cpe:2.3:o:siemens:scalance_x204rna_eec_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fujitsu m10-1_firmware < xcp2361 cpe:2.3:o:fujitsu:m10-1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fujitsu m10-4_firmware < xcp2361 cpe:2.3:o:fujitsu:m10-4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fujitsu m10-4s_firmware < xcp2361 cpe:2.3:o:fujitsu:m10-4s_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fujitsu m12-1_firmware < xcp2361 cpe:2.3:o:fujitsu:m12-1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fujitsu m12-2_firmware < xcp2361 cpe:2.3:o:fujitsu:m12-2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fujitsu m12-2s_firmware < xcp2361 cpe:2.3:o:fujitsu:m12-2s_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fujitsu m10-1_firmware < xcp3070 cpe:2.3:o:fujitsu:m10-1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fujitsu m10-4_firmware < xcp3070 cpe:2.3:o:fujitsu:m10-4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fujitsu m10-4s_firmware < xcp3070 cpe:2.3:o:fujitsu:m10-4s_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fujitsu m12-1_firmware < xcp3070 cpe:2.3:o:fujitsu:m12-1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fujitsu m12-2_firmware < xcp3070 cpe:2.3:o:fujitsu:m12-2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fujitsu m12-2s_firmware < xcp3070 cpe:2.3:o:fujitsu:m12-2s_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-6109

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00058.html Broken Link
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3702 Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf Patch Third Party Advisory
https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/usr.bin/ssh/progressmeter.c Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/usr.bin/ssh/scp.c Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00030.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W3YVQ2BPTOVDCFDVNC2GGF5P5ISFG37G/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-16 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190213-0001/ Third Party Advisory
https://sintonen.fi/advisories/scp-client-multiple-vulnerabilities.txt Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3885-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4387 Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html Patch Third Party Advisory
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