

To workaround this vulnerability without upgrading, users can temporarily disable Keyboard-Interactive SSH Authentication using the `allow-keyless` setting. Users should upgrade to the latest Soft Serve version `v0.6.2` to receive the patch for this issue. This could potentially result in unauthorized access to the Soft Serve. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by presenting manipulated SSH requests using keyboard-interactive authentication mode. This is due to insufficient validation procedures of the public key step during SSH request handshake, granting unauthorized access if the keyboard-interaction mode is utilized. Prior to version 0.6.2, a security vulnerability in Soft Serve could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass public key authentication when keyboard-interactive SSH authentication is active, through the `allow-keyless` setting, and the public key requires additional client-side verification for example using FIDO2 or GPG. Soft Serve is a self-hostable Git server for the command line. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated


This is only exposed when ssh debug is enabled. The BIG-IP SPK TMM (Traffic Management Module) f5-debug-sidecar and f5-debug-sshd containers contains hardcoded credentials that may allow an attacker with the ability to intercept traffic to impersonate the SPK Secure Shell (SSH) server on those containers.
