# CVE-2024-6580: /n software IPWorks SSH insufficient file access verification

> Attackers can induce unintended filesystem or network path requests in IPWorks SSH SFTPServer if the calling application fails to verify SSH keys.

- **Severity:** Low 2.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/V:D`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v7mh-qpq8-5g5p

## What is CVE-2024-6580?

CVE-2024-6580 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in /n software IPWorks SSH SFTPServer, published on 8 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The /n software IPWorks SSH library SFTPServer component can be induced to make unintended filesystem or network path requests when loading a SSH public key or certificate. To be exploitable, an application calling the SFTPServer component must grant user access without verifying the SSH public key or certificate (which would most likely be a separate vulnerability in the calling application). IPWorks SSH versions 22.0.8945 and 24.0.8945 were released to address this condition by blocking all filesystem and network path requests for SSH public keys or certificates.

Weakness: CWE-347 (Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature), CWE-1390 (Weak Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6580?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Nsoftware Ipworks Ssh.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6580?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6580 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6580 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6580 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6580 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6580 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in /n software IPWorks SSH SFTPServer, published on 8 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6580 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: /n software IPWorks SSH SFTPServer. 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-2024-6580/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6580/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6580
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6580
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6580

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6580/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.