A flaw was found in OpenSSH. This vulnerability, a heap out-of-bounds read, occurs during the cleanup of GSSAPI (Generic Security Service Application Programming Interface) indicators when a trailing NULL termination is missing in the auth-indicators array. A remote attacker, under specific configurations involving GSSAPI authentication and a Kerberos environment, could exploit this to cause the SSH authentication path to crash or abort. This leads to a denial of service (DoS), impacting the availability of the SSH service.
CVE-2026-55654
Score 3.7 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-06-23. the CNA's CVSS baseline 3.7; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 3.7
- EG Score
- 3.7(medium)
- EG Risk
- 17(Track)EG Risk 17/100SSVC: 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 computedSeverity37% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 36%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 23, 2026
Last Modified
August 19, 2026
References (6)
- linkhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36759
- linkhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47756
- linkhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47757
- linkhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54387
- linkhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-55654
- linkhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2462493
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-55654(5)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2026:54387Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5.2 security update
- RHSA-2026:47757Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: openssh security update
- RHSA-2026:47756Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: openssh security update
- RHSA-2026:36759Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- GHSA-5mx2-7g4j-9m39GitHub Security AdvisoriesLow
A flaw was found in OpenSSH. This vulnerability, a heap out-of-bounds read, occurs during the...
Patch Availability(4)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | rhui5/rhua-rhel9:1786533529 | 2026-08-12 | redhat |
| redhat | openssh-0:9.9p1-25.el10_2 | 2026-07-30 | redhat |
| redhat | openssh-0:9.9p1-9.el9_8 | 2026-07-29 | redhat |
| redhat | openssh-main-10.3p1-6.hum1 | 2026-07-08 | 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 | 1:10.0p1-1 ... 1:9.9p2-2 (86 versions) | — | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| openssh | 1:10.0p1-1 ... 1:9.9p2-2 (75 versions) | — | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| openssh | 1:10.0p1-7 ... 1:10.4p1-4 (29 versions) | — | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| openssh | 1:10.0p1-7 ... 1:10.4p1-4 (25 versions) | — | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
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