SSH Authorized Keys File - Detect

ID: ssh-authorized-keys

Severity: medium

Author: geeknik

Tags: config,exposure,ssh

Description

SSH authorized keys file was detected.

YAML Source

id: ssh-authorized-keys

info:
  name: SSH Authorized Keys File - Detect
  author: geeknik
  severity: medium
  description: SSH authorized keys file was detected.
  reference:
    - https://www.ssh.com/academy/ssh/authorized-key
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.3
    cwe-id: CWE-200
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
  tags: config,exposure,ssh

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/.ssh/authorized_keys"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/_/.ssh/authorized_keys"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "ssh-dss"
          - "ssh-ed25519"
          - "ssh-rsa"
          - "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256"
        condition: or

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a0047304502205cc71c3fb4d47839e94a13b43385f5b2bf141186b1198c0b3a578d3097577e06022100aaf17e01950cae8803707af5edc146e387050157fe2f099d80079a12cad13320:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/exposures/configs/ssh-authorized-keys.yaml"

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