What is RHSA-2026:0693?

RHSA-2026:0693 is a security advisory published by Red Hat Product Security with Medium severity. Red Hat Security Advisory: openssh security update

Which CVE IDs does RHSA-2026:0693 cover?

RHSA-2026:0693 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2025-61984, CVE-2025-61985. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of RHSA-2026:0693?

RHSA-2026:0693 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, published by Red Hat Product Security.

RHSA-2026:0693MediumCVSS 5.3

Red Hat Security Advisory: openssh security update

Vendor

Red Hat Product Security

Published

January 15, 2026

Last Modified

July 8, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2025-61984 →CVE-2025-61985 →

📋 Description

CVE-2025-61984 — openssh: OpenSSH: Control characters in usernames can lead to code execution via ProxyCommand CVE-2025-61985 — openssh: OpenSSH: Null character in ssh:// URI can lead to code execution via ProxyCommand

🔗 References (5)

selfhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0693
externalhttps://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
externalhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2401960
externalhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2401962
selfhttps://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_0693.json