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SSH Known Hosts File - Detect

ID: ssh-known-hosts

Severity: info

Author: geeknik

Tags: config,exposure,ssh

Description

Section titled “Description”

SSH known hosts file was detected.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: ssh-known-hosts


info:
  name: SSH Known Hosts File - Detect
  author: geeknik
  severity: info
  description: SSH known hosts file was detected.
  reference:
    - https://datacadamia.com/ssh/known_hosts
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 0
    cwe-id: CWE-200
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
  tags: config,exposure,ssh


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/.ssh/known_hosts"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/.ssh/known_hosts.old"


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


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “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.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/exposures/configs/ssh-known-hosts.yaml"

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