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GHSA-5MX2-7G4J-9M39

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-23 06:30 – Updated: 2026-06-23 06:30

Details

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.

Severity

3.7 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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CVE-2026-55654 (GCVE-0-2026-55654)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-23 03:37 – Updated: 2026-06-23 12:12

Title

Openssh: heap out-of-bounds read in red hat enterprise linux versions of openssh gssapi indicator cleanup due to missing null sentinel termination

Summary

Severity

3.7 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read

Assigner

redhat

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-55654	vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2462493	issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT

Impacted products

7 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Red Hat	Red Hat Hardened Images	cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4	cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4

Date Public

2026-06-22 23:18

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