CVE-2015-6280

The SSHv2 functionality in Cisco IOS 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, and 15.5 and IOS XE 3.6E before 3.6.3E, 3.7E before 3.7.1E, 3.10S before 3.10.6S, 3.11S before 3.11.4S, 3.12S before 3.12.3S, 3.13S before 3.13.3S, and 3.14S before 3.14.1S does not properly implement RSA authentication, which allows remote attackers to obtain login access by leveraging knowledge of a username and the associated public key, aka Bug ID CSCus73013.

• CWE-287

• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150923-sshpkVendor Advisory
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150923-sshpk/cvrf/cisco-sa-20150923-sshpk_cvrf.xmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033646Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150923-sshpkVendor Advisory
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150923-sshpk/cvrf/cisco-sa-20150923-sshpk_cvrf.xmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033646Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

Sep 28, 2015

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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