# CVE-2012-0814

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2012-0814
- **Severity:** MEDIUM
- **CVSS Score:** 6.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
- **CWE:** N/A
- **Published:** Jan 27, 2012
- **Last Modified:** May 22, 2026

## Description

The auth_parse_options function in auth-options.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 5.7 provides debug messages containing authorized_keys command options, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain potentially sensitive information by reading these messages, as demonstrated by the shared user account required by Gitolite.  NOTE: this can cross privilege boundaries because a user account may intentionally have no shell or filesystem access, and therefore may have no supported way to read an authorized_keys file in its own home directory.

## Affected Products

- n/a — n/a (n/a)

## References

- [CNA](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51702)
- [CNA](http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/27/4)
- [CNA](http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10673)
- [CNA](http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/26/15)
- [CNA](http://osvdb.org/78706)
- [CNA](https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72756)
- [CNA](http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=657445)
- [CNA](http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/26/16)
- [CNA](http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/27/1)
- [CNA](http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/auth-options.c)
- [CNA](http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/auth-options.c.diff?r1=1.53%3Br2=1.54)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.34%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 56.7

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-19._