Node impersonation via baked-in SSH host keys
Published Apr 30, 2024 · Updated Mar 28, 2025
Improper SSH host-key management in easyMINE before 2019-12-05 allows remote attackers to impersonate mining nodes. The installation image contains host private keys generated before imaging, causing separate deployments to present the same server identity. Man-in-the-middle attackers with the reused key can impersonate a node during SSH connection setup, while the public key also enables internet-wide host enumeration.
Summary
What happened
Improper SSH host-key management in easyMINE before 2019-12-05 allows remote attackers to impersonate mining nodes. The installation image contains host private keys generated before imaging, causing separate deployments to present the same server identity. Man-in-the-middle attackers with the reused key can impersonate a node during SSH connection setup, while the public key also enables internet-wide host enumeration.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2019-19751
- Published
- Apr 30, 2024
- Updated
- Mar 28, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-300, T1557
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Apr 30, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 28, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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