Is CVE-2012-5975 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2012-5975 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2012-5975?

CVE-2012-5975 has a CVSS v2 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2012-5975?

CVE-2012-5975 has an EPSS score of 35.87% (98th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-5975

HIGHEPSS 98th pctl

9.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The SSH USERAUTH CHANGE REQUEST feature in SSH Tectia Server 6.0.4 through 6.0.20, 6.1.0 through 6.1.12, 6.2.0 through 6.2.5, and 6.3.0 through 6.3.2 on UNIX and Linux, when old-style password authentication is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a crafted session involving entry of blank passwords, as demonstrated by a root login session from a modified OpenSSH client with an added input_userauth_passwd_changereq call in sshconnect2.c.

CWE-287Improper Authentication

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

35.87%probability of exploitation in 30 days

98thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-29.