In OpenSSH before 10.3, command execution can occur via shell metacharacters in a username within a command line. This requires a scenario where the username on the command line is untrusted, and also requires a non-default configurations of % in ssh_config.
CVE-2026-35386
This high-severity CVE scores 8.1 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 75% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory enrichment pending alignment with NVD CVSS.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 8.1
- EG Score
- 8.1(medium)
- EG Risk
- 37(Track)EG Risk 37/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity81% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 24%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
April 2, 2026
Last Modified
July 24, 2026
Advisory Details (3)
Auto-updated Jul 7, 2026oss-security - Announce: OpenSSH 10.3 released
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/02/3'Announce: OpenSSH 10.3 released' - MARC
https://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=177513443901484&w=2Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-35386(17)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2026:58981Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5.3 Technology Preview security update
- RHSA-2026:25096Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat AI Inference Server Model Optimization Tools 3.2.2 (cuda)
- RHSA-2026:22564Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: openssh update
- RHSA-2026:22648Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: openssh security update
- CVE-2026-35386Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)Low
In OpenSSH before 10.3, command execution can occur via shell metacharacters in a username within a command line. This requires a scenario where the username on the command line is untrusted, and also requires a non-default configurations of % in ssh_config.
- RHSA-2026:22329Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: openssh security update
- RHSA-2026:21398Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: openssh security update
- RHSA-2026:21298Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: openssh security update
- +9 more
Patch Availability(16)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | ssh-askpass-gnome (1:10.2p1-2ubuntu3.2) @ resolute | 2026-07-26 | ubuntu |
| redhat | rhaiis/model-opt-cuda-rhel9:1780681984 | 2026-06-10 | redhat |
| redhat | openssh-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.8 | 2026-06-03 | redhat |
| redhat | openssh-0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.11 | 2026-06-02 | redhat |
| redhat | openssh-0:8.0p1-7.el8_4.2 | 2026-06-01 | redhat |
| redhat | openssh-0:8.0p1-15.el8_6.5 | 2026-05-27 | redhat |
| redhat | rhui5/rhua-rhel9:1779798222 | 2026-05-27 | redhat |
| redhat | openssh-0:8.0p1-20.el8_8.4 | 2026-05-27 | redhat |
| redhat | openssh-0:9.9p1-23.el10_2 | 2026-05-19 | redhat |
| redhat | openssh-0:9.9p1-7.el9_8 | 2026-05-19 | redhat |
| redhat | openssh-0:8.7p1-45.el9_6.3 | 2026-05-11 | redhat |
| redhat | discovery/discovery-server-rhel9:1778101579 | 2026-05-07 | redhat |
| redhat | openssh-0:8.0p1-29.el8_10 | 2026-05-04 | redhat |
| redhat | openssh-0:8.7p1-49.el9_7 | 2026-05-04 | redhat |
| redhat | openssh-0:9.9p1-14.el10_1 | 2026-05-04 | redhat |
| redhat | openssh-0:9.9p1-7.el10_0.3 | 2026-04-30 | redhat |
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.
Affected Packages
(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| openssh | 1:8.4p1-5 ... 1:8.4p1-5+deb11u6 (7 versions) | 1:8.4p1-5+deb11u7 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| openssh | 1:9.2p1-2 ... 1:9.2p1-2+deb12u9 (10 versions) | 1:9.2p1-2+deb12u10 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| openssh | 1:10.0p1-7, 1:10.0p1-7+deb13u1, 1:10.0p1-7+deb13u2 | 1:10.0p1-7+deb13u3 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| openssh | 1:10.0p1-7 ... 1:10.3p1-1~bpo13+1 (13 versions) | 1:10.3p1-1 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(1)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 5× in last 7d / 69× 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.
Showing the most recent 100 of 183 total refreshes for this CVE.
- 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-08-16 09:22 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-16 09:22 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-16 09:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-14 18:54 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-14 18:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-14 05:48 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-14 05:48 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-14 05:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-13 09:58 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-13 09:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-12 20:07 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-12 20:07 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-12 20:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-08-11 20:28 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-11 20:28 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-11 20:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-11 03:29 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-11 03:29 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-11 03:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-10 03:30 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-10 03:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-09 16:25 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-09 16:25 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-09 16:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-09 05:20 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-09 05:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-08 02:31 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-08 02:31 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-08 02:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-07 15:26 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-07 15:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-06 17:45 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-06 17:45 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-06 17:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-06 00:23 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-06 00:23 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-06 00:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-08-03 22:43 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-03 22:43 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-03 22:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-03 10:36 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-03 01:52 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-03 01:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-02 14:40 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-02 14:40 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-02 14:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-02 02:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-27 14:13 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-26 09:28 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-26 09:28 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-07-26 09:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-23 03:10 UTCEG score recompute▲ 4.50
- 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-16 05:53 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-08 15:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-07 16:12 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 8.1 · severity → HIGH
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