In ssh in OpenSSH before 10.6, a $ or \ character can occur in a command-line username, leading to injection.
3.7Low
CVE-2026-60000
Description
sshd in OpenSSH before 10.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption from excessive authentication attempts) because MaxAuthTries was mishandled for GSSAPIAuthentication.
Weakness (CWE):
CWE-770
Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.
Affected products and versions
References and patches
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/06/5 Mailing ListRelease Notes
- https://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=178333966933090&w=2 Release Notes
- https://www.openssh.org/releasenotes.html#10.4p1 Release Notes
CPE matches (NVD) (1)
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 10.4