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Medium 5.3Published Oct 15, 2026
CVE-2026-110926Openssh: openssh: shared lz77 compression dictionary leaks plaintext across channels
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A flaw was found in OpenSSH. When compression is negotiated, channels on the same connection share one LZ77 dictionary. A peer who can write on one channel can recover plaintext from another channel by chosen-plaintext lengths.
- CVSS
- 5.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-203
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- redhat
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 15, 2026
Affected products
Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images redhat:hummingbird | from 10.5p1-1.2.hum1 not affected | CNA record |
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 redhat:enterprise_linux | 10 | CNA record |
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 redhat:openshift | 4 | CNA record |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82247vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-110926vdb-entry, x-refsource-redhat
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2553035issue-tracking, x-refsource-redhat
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