CVE-1999-1029

High CVSS 7.5

Published 1999-05-13 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1029, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

SSH server (sshd2) before 2.0.12 does not properly record login attempts if the connection is closed before the maximum number of tries, allowing a remote attacker to guess the password without showing up in the audit logs.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1029

CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P