CVE-2026-55654A flaw was found in OpenSSH.
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A flaw was found in OpenSSH. This vulnerability, a heap out-of-bounds read, occurs during the cleanup of GSSAPI (Generic Security Service Application Programming Interface) indicators when a trailing NULL termination is missing in the auth-indicators array. A remote attacker, under specific configurations involving GSSAPI authentication and a Kerberos environment, could exploit this to cause the SSH authentication path to crash or abort. This leads to a denial of service (DoS), impacting the availability of the SSH service.
- CVSS
- 3.7 LOW (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-125
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Sep 24, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
openbsd openssh openbsd:openssh | all versions | NVD |
redhat hardened_images redhat:hardened_images | all versions | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux redhat:enterprise_linux | 6.0; 7.0; 8.0; 9.0; 10.0 | NVD |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36759
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47756
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47757
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54387
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:58981
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-55654vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2462493exploit, issue-tracking, vendor-advisory
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