SB2026082055 - openEuler 24.03 LTS SP3 update for openssh

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-60000)

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

CVSSv4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to improper resource handling in sshd(8) when processing pre-authentication GSSAPI requests. A remote attacker can send crafted authentication attempts to cause a denial of service.

Only configurations with GSSAPIAuthentication enabled are affected.

2) Protection mechanism failure (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-60001)

CWE-ID: CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure

CVSSv4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to weaken authentication rate limiting.

The vulnerability exists due to improper enforcement of security policy in sshd(8) when handling authentication attempts. A remote attacker can send authentication attempts to weaken authentication rate limiting.

The issue affects cases where the minimum authentication delay was not enforced.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2026-3432