CVE-2026-60002

CRITICALNVD 9.47.7▼
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.7 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-08. NVD baseline CVSS 9.4; sources differ by 1.7.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — Patch released this week
9.4
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 9.4Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

ssh in OpenSSH before 10.4 can have a use-after-free when a server changes its host key during a key re-exchange. (This outcome occurs only on the client side.)

CVSS v3
9.4
EG Score
7.7(medium)
EPSS
17.7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 8, 2026

Last Modified

July 9, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jul 8, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

oss-security - Announce: OpenSSH 10.4 released

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/06/5
generic

OpenSSH: Release Notes

https://www.openssh.org/releasenotes.html#10.4p1
generic

'Announce: OpenSSH 10.4 released' - MARC

https://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=178333966933090&w=2

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-60002(3)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatopenssh-main-10.4p1-1.hum12026-07-09redhat

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.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 29× in last 7d / 29× 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. 2026-07-11 20:18 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-11 20:18 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-07-11 20:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-11 08:52 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-11 08:52 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-07-11 08:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-10 21:27 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-10 21:27 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-07-10 21:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-10 10:02 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-07-10 10:02 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-07-10 10:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-09 22:38 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-07-09 22:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-09 17:00 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 9.4 · severity → CRITICAL
  20. 2026-07-09 11:12 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-07-09 11:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-08 23:46 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-07-08 23:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-08 15:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-07-08 15:16 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-07-08 12:22 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-08 12:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-08 00:55 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-08 00:55 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-60002?
CVE-2026-60002 is a critical vulnerability published on July 8, 2026. ssh in OpenSSH before 10.4 can have a use-after-free when a server changes its host key during a key re-exchange. (This outcome occurs only on the client side.)
When was CVE-2026-60002 disclosed?
CVE-2026-60002 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 8, 2026, with the most recent update on July 9, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-60002 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-60002 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 17.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-60002?
CVE-2026-60002 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.4 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 7.7.
How do I remediate CVE-2026-60002?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-60002, 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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