CVE-2006-5051

HIGHNVD 8.18.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 8.1 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 2.6%, top 14% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, nvd
Elevated
8.1
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 45%CVSS: 8.1Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

Signal handler race condition in OpenSSH before 4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code if GSSAPI authentication is enabled, via unspecified vectors that lead to a double-free.

CVSS v3
8.1
EG Score
8.1(medium)
EPSS
98.6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 27, 2006

Last Modified

April 23, 2026

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated Apr 29, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
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About Secunia Research | Flexera

http://secunia.com/advisories/22183
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About Secunia Research | Flexera

http://secunia.com/advisories/22173
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About Secunia Research | Flexera

http://secunia.com/advisories/22158
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http://openssh.org/txt/release-4.4
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'Announce: OpenSSH 4.4 released' - MARC

http://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=115939141729160&w=2
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FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-06:22.openssh

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2006-October/004051.html

Patch Availability(3)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuopenssh-server (1:3.9p1-1ubuntu2.3) @ hoary2026-05-31ubuntu
redhatopenssh-0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.172006-09-29redhat
redhatopenssh-0:3.1p1-212006-09-29redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(3)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 4× in last 7d / 27× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-13 22:25 UTCEPSS rescore
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  20. 2026-05-31 06:34 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-05-31 06:34 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-05-31 06:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-05-31 00:13 UTCEPSS rescore
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Publicly available exploits

(3 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (3 GitHub PoCs). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoCanhvutuan/CVE-2024-6387-poc-1
    First seen Oct 22, 2024

    CVE-2024-6387, also known as RegreSSHion, is a high-severity vulnerability found in OpenSSH servers (sshd) running on glibc-based Linux systems. It is a regression of a previously fixed vulnerability (CVE-2006-5051), which means the issue was reintroduced in newer versions of OpenSSH.

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCsardine-web/CVE-2024-6387_Check
    First seen Jul 4, 2024

    A security regression (CVE-2006-5051) was discovered in OpenSSH's server (sshd). There is a race condition which can lead to sshd to handle some signals in an unsafe manner. An unauthenticated, remote attacker may be able to trigger it by failing to authenticate within a set time period.

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCbigb0x/CVE-2024-6387
    First seen Jul 1, 2024

    Bulk Scanning Tool for OpenSSH CVE-2024-6387, CVE-2006-5051 , CVE-2008-4109 and others.

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2006-5051?
CVE-2006-5051 is a high vulnerability published on September 27, 2006. Signal handler race condition in OpenSSH before 4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code if GSSAPI authentication is enabled, via unspecified vectors that lead to a double-free.
When was CVE-2006-5051 disclosed?
CVE-2006-5051 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 27, 2006, with the most recent update on April 23, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2006-5051 actively exploited?
CVE-2006-5051 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 98.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2006-5051?
CVE-2006-5051 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2006-5051?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2006-5051, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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