๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-59851

HIGH 8.8

Libssh: libssh: authentication bypass via missing gssapi principal check

CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

A flaw was found in libssh. On servers with GSSAPIKeyExchange enabled, the gssapi-keyex path does not verify whether the authenticated Kerberos principal is authorized for the requested local user, allowing authenticated clients to log in as arbitrary users.

CWE CWE-863
Vendor red hat
Product red hat enterprise linux 10
Published Jul 21, 2026
Last Updated Jul 21, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Hardened Images
All versions affected

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-59851 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2498184

Credits

Red Hat would like to thank Aisle Research for reporting this issue.