Protection mechanism failure in OpenSSH - CVE-2026-60001
Published: July 15, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU137703
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-60001
CWE-ID: CWE-693
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenSSH
Affected software:
OpenSSH
OpenSSH
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-60001
Install security update from vendor's website.