# CVE-2001-1585

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2001-1585
- **Severity:** UNKNOWN
- **CVSS Score:** 0.02
- **CWE:** N/A
- **Published:** Oct 6, 2007
- **Last Modified:** Mar 16, 2026

## Description

SSH protocol 2 (aka SSH-2) public key authentication in the development snapshot of OpenSSH 2.3.1, available from 2001-01-18 through 2001-02-08, does not perform a challenge-response step to ensure that the client has the proper private key, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication as other users by supplying a public key from that user's authorized_keys file.

## Affected Products

- n/a — n/a (n/a)

## References

- [CNA](http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0159.html)
- [CNA](http://www.openbsd.org/advisories/ssh_bypass.txt)
- [CNA](https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6084)
- [CNA](http://online.securityfocus.com/bid/2356)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.32%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 54.9

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-18._