Host impersonation via image-baked SSH keys
Published Apr 30, 2024 · Updated Nov 6, 2024
Hard-coded SSH host keys in HiveOS through 0.6-102@191212 allow man-in-the-middle attackers to impersonate mining rigs. The installation image copies the same SSH server host key onto separate systems instead of generating a unique identity for each host. Exploitation requires an adjacent network position and a client connection; the reused public key also permits exposed HiveOS systems to be fingerprinted.
Summary
What happened
Hard-coded SSH host keys in HiveOS through 0.6-102@191212 allow man-in-the-middle attackers to impersonate mining rigs. The installation image copies the same SSH server host key onto separate systems instead of generating a unique identity for each host. Exploitation requires an adjacent network position and a client connection; the reused public key also permits exposed HiveOS systems to be fingerprinted.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2019-19754
- Published
- Apr 30, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 6, 2024
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-321, T1557
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Apr 30, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 6, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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