Resource exhaustion in OpenSSH - CVE-2026-60000

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Resource exhaustion in OpenSSH - CVE-2026-60000

Published: July 15, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU137702
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-60000
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.


Affected software

OpenSSH
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
Ubuntu
Desktop Applications Module
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Anolis OS
pam_ssh_agent_auth
openssh (Ubuntu package)
openssh-help
openssh
openssh-askpass
openssh-cavs
openssh-clients
openssh-debuginfo
openssh-debugsource
openssh-keycat
openssh-ldap
openssh-server
openssh-doc
openssh-sk-dummy
openssh-cavs-debuginfo
openssh-askpass-gnome-debugsource
openssh-askpass-gnome
openssh-askpass-gnome-debuginfo
openssh-server-debuginfo
openssh-common-debuginfo
openssh-server-config-disallow-rootlogin
openssh-helpers
openssh-clients-debuginfo
openssh-fips
openssh-common
openssh-helpers-debuginfo

How to mitigate CVE-2026-60000

Install security update from vendor's website.

OpenSSH - update to 10.4p1
pam_ssh_agent_auth - addressed in versions 0.10.3-9.42, 0.10.4-4.48, 0.10.4-5.19, 0.10.4-5.22
openssh (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.13+esm4, 1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.10+esm10, 1:7.6p1-4ubuntu0.7+esm6, 1:8.2p1-4ubuntu0.13+esm3, 1:8.9p1-3ubuntu0.16, 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.18, 1:10.2p1-2ubuntu3.4
openssh-help - addressed in versions 8.2p1-42, 8.8p1-48, 9.6p1-19, 9.6p1-22
openssh - addressed in versions 8.2p1-42, 8.8p1-48, 9.6p1-19, 9.6p1-22
openssh-askpass - addressed in versions 8.2p1-42, 8.8p1-48, 9.6p1-19, 9.6p1-22
openssh-cavs - update to 8.2p1-42
openssh-clients - addressed in versions 8.2p1-42, 8.8p1-48, 9.6p1-19, 9.6p1-22
openssh-debuginfo - addressed in versions 8.2p1-42, 8.8p1-48, 9.6p1-19, 9.6p1-22
openssh-debugsource - addressed in versions 8.2p1-42, 8.8p1-48, 9.6p1-19, 9.6p1-22
openssh-keycat - addressed in versions 8.2p1-42, 8.8p1-48, 9.6p1-19, 9.6p1-22
openssh-ldap - update to 8.2p1-42
openssh-server - addressed in versions 8.2p1-42, 8.8p1-48, 9.6p1-19, 9.6p1-22
openssh-doc - update to 9.6p1-11
openssh-sk-dummy - update to 9.6p1-11
openssh-server - update to 9.6p1-11
openssh-keycat - update to 9.6p1-11
openssh-clients - update to 9.6p1-11
openssh-askpass - update to 9.6p1-11
openssh - update to 9.6p1-11
openssh-clients - update to 9.6p1-150600.6.49.1
openssh-server - update to 9.6p1-150600.6.49.1
openssh-debugsource - update to 9.6p1-150600.6.49.1
openssh-cavs-debuginfo - update to 9.6p1-150600.6.49.1
openssh-cavs - update to 9.6p1-150600.6.49.1
openssh-askpass-gnome-debugsource - update to 9.6p1-150600.6.49.1
openssh-askpass-gnome - update to 9.6p1-150600.6.49.1
openssh-askpass-gnome-debuginfo - update to 9.6p1-150600.6.49.1
openssh - update to 9.6p1-150600.6.49.1
openssh-server-debuginfo - update to 9.6p1-150600.6.49.1
openssh-common-debuginfo - update to 9.6p1-150600.6.49.1
openssh-server-config-disallow-rootlogin - update to 9.6p1-150600.6.49.1
openssh-helpers - update to 9.6p1-150600.6.49.1
openssh-clients-debuginfo - update to 9.6p1-150600.6.49.1
openssh-fips - update to 9.6p1-150600.6.49.1
openssh-common - update to 9.6p1-150600.6.49.1
openssh-debuginfo - update to 9.6p1-150600.6.49.1
openssh-helpers-debuginfo - update to 9.6p1-150600.6.49.1

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