# CVE-2024-48460: Eugeny Tabby credential exposure on host key verification failure

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-48460-eugeny-tabby-credential-exposure-on-host-key-verification-failure  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-01-17. Updated: 2026-09-25  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2024-48460 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4 · Published 2025-01-17

Eugeny Tabby is a popular SSH terminal client. The application sends SSH credentials (username and password) to a server even when the server's host key fails verification, allowing an attacker posing as a legitimate server to intercept login credentials without proper authentication.

Technologies: [Eugeny Tabby](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/tabby). Vendors: [Eugeny](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/eugeny), [npm](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/npm).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2024-48460 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2024-48460 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2024-48460?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 17 January 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Eugeny Tabby before 1.0.214; tabby-ssh (npm) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=1.0.214.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2024-48460?** Yes. tabby-ssh (npm): upgrade to 1.0.214 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**How is CVE-2024-48460 attacked?** It is attacked over the network.

**Am I affected by CVE-2024-48460?** Check whether you run Eugeny Tabby or tabby-ssh (npm) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- tabby-ssh (npm): upgrade to 1.0.214 or later

  ```sh
  npm install tabby-ssh@1.0.214
  ```


## Technical details

A credential disclosure vulnerability (CWE-200) in Eugeny Tabby's SSH module causes the application to transmit SSH credentials before completing host key verification. The vulnerability exists in tabby-ssh versions prior to 1.0.214. An attacker can set up a fake SSH server, which triggers the host key verification dialog; if the user proceeds to disconnect after the prompt, the credentials are sent anyway. The network-accessible nature of SSH combined with the lack of proper verification sequencing allows remote credential harvesting. Patch available in version 1.0.214 and later.

## Affected products

- Eugeny Tabby before 1.0.214

## Identifiers

- CVE-2024-48460
- GHSA-8vq4-8hfp-29xh

## Timeline

- 2024-09-22: disclosed: Issue reported on GitHub
- 2025-01-17: advisory: GHSA-8vq4-8hfp-29xh published
- 2025-01-16: patched: Fix available in version 1.0.214

## References

- [https://github.com/Eugeny/tabby/issues/9955](https://github.com/Eugeny/tabby/issues/9955)

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