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CVE-2026-59851

A flaw was found in libssh.

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LibsshLibssh
All versions
RedhatHardened Images
All versions
RedhatEnterprise Linux
Version 10.0

Weakness classification

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