# CVE-2006-0225: Command injection in n/a

> Attackers can execute arbitrary commands on the client system by providing filenames with shell metacharacters to the scp utility.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 25 Jan 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2006-0225, GHSA-fjc8-474c-2xx3, RHSA-2006:0044

## What is CVE-2006-0225?

CVE-2006-0225 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in OpenSSH, published on 25 Jan 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

scp in OpenSSH 4.2p1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via filenames that contain shell metacharacters or spaces, which are expanded twice.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0225?

It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `openssh` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12 |
| `openssh-askpass` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12 |
| `openssh-askpass-gnome` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12 |
| `openssh-clients` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12 |
| `openssh-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12 |
| `openssh-server` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12 |
| `openssh` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12 |
| `openssh-askpass` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12 |
| `openssh-askpass-gnome` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12 |
| `openssh-clients` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12 |
| `openssh-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12 |
| `openssh-server` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12 |
| `openssh` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12 |
| `openssh-askpass` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12 |
| `openssh-askpass-gnome` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12 |
| `openssh-clients` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12 |
| `openssh-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12 |
| `openssh-server` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12 |
| `openssh` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12 |
| `openssh-askpass` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12 |
| `openssh-askpass-gnome` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12 |
| `openssh-clients` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12 |
| `openssh-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12 |
| `openssh-server` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12 |

Products: OpenSSH.

## How do I fix CVE-2006-0225?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2006-0225 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0225 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in OpenSSH

- [CVE-2003-0786](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0786/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2003-0693](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0693/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2002-0640](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0640/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2001-0144](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0144/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2000-0999](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0999/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-0225 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2006-0225 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in OpenSSH, published on 25 Jan 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0225 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: OpenSSH. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0225/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0225/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0225
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0225
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-0225

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0225/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.