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CentOS 9 : openssh-9.9p1-16.el9

medium Nessus Plugin ID 367948

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates for openssh.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openssh-9.9p1-16.el9 build changelog.

 - Document caveat regarding GSSAPIStrictAcceptorCheck (CVE-2026-59998)

 - Fix internal-sftp server argument parsing limit (CVE-2026-59997)

 - Fix DoS via excessive GSSAPI authentication attempts (CVE-2026-60000)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the CentOS 9 Stream openssh package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=131926

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 367948

File Name: centos9_openssh-9_9p1-16_131926.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/20/2026

Updated: 10/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-59998

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:centos:centos:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh-askpass, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh-clients, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh-keycat, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh-sk-dummy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pam_ssh_agent_auth

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-59997, CVE-2026-59998, CVE-2026-60000

IAVA: 2026-A-0691-S