Unrestricted access between network segments - JSch
Description
The JSch StrictHostKeyChecking configuration is set to NO, this indicates that connections can be made to unknown servers or servers that have changed their keys, generating new ones and adding them by default to the known server files.
Impact
- Initiate connections to untrusted servers.
- Increase the possibility of attacks such as MitM and spoofing.
- Receive or send malicious data or files.
- Leak sensitive information such as users and passwords.
Recommendation
- Limit access to administrative services such as SSH.
- Implement safe values for the StricktHostKeyChecking configuration in JSch.
Threat
Unauthorized external attacker.
Expected Remediation Time
⌚ 15 minutes.
Score
Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the src.
Base
- Attack vector: N
- Attack complexity: L
- Privileges required: N
- User interaction: N
- Scope: U
- Confidentiality: L
- Integrity: L
- Availability: N
Temporal
- Exploit code maturity: P
- Remediation level: O
- Report confidence: X
Result
- Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:X
- Score:
- Base: 6.5
- Temporal: 5.9
- Severity:
- Base: Medium
- Temporal: Medium
Score 4.0
Default score using CVSS 4.0. It may change depending on the context of the src.
Base 4.0
- Attack vector: N
- Attack complexity: L
- Attack Requirements: N
- Privileges required: N
- User interaction: N
- Confidentiality (VC): L
- Integrity (VI): L
- Availability (VA): N
- Confidentiality (SC): N
- Integrity (SI): N
- Availability (SA): N
Threat 4.0
- Exploit maturity: P
Result 4.0
- Vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- Score:
- CVSS-BT: 5.5
- Severity:
- CVSS-BT: Medium
Compliant code
The JSch has enabled StrictHostKeyChecking
java.util.Properties config = new java.util.Properties();
config.put("StrictHostKeyChecking", "yes");
session.setConfig(config);
Non compliant code
The JSch has the StrictHostKeyChecking disabled
java.util.Properties config = new java.util.Properties();
config.put("StrictHostKeyChecking", "no");
session.setConfig(config);
Requirements
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