CVE-2026-106589

Public on 2026-10-06
Modified on 2026-10-09
Description
In sshd in OpenSSH through 10.6, in certain environments such as QNX 6 and SCO OpenServer 5, sshd-session can unexpectedly have root privileges. This is related to the GatewayPorts and StreamLocalForwarding configuration options, and lack of support for file-descriptor passing and unprivileged allocation of PTY devices.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.3
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core openssh Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 openssh Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview openssh Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L