CVE-2026-59851

high

Description

A flaw was found in libssh. On servers with GSSAPIKeyExchange enabled, the gssapi-keyex path does not verify whether the authenticated Kerberos principal is authorized for the requested local user, allowing authenticated clients to log in as arbitrary users.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2498184

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-59851

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42922

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-21

Updated: 2026-07-22

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00256