Bug 2497946 (CVE-2026-60000) - CVE-2026-60000 openssh: OpenSSH: Denial of Service via excessive GSSAPI authentication attempts
Summary: CVE-2026-60000 openssh: OpenSSH: Denial of Service via excessive GSSAPI authe...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-60000
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-07-08 01:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-22 13:52 UTC (History)
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:85847 0 None None None 2026-10-20 09:20:00 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:85958 0 None None None 2026-10-20 18:41:59 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:88211 0 None None None 2026-10-22 13:52:52 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-08 01:02:32 UTC 
sshd in OpenSSH before 10.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption from excessive authentication attempts) because MaxAuthTries was mishandled for GSSAPIAuthentication.
Comment 4 Jon Orris 2026-10-20 09:19:58 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:85847 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:85847
Comment 5 Jon Orris 2026-10-20 18:41:57 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:85958 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:85958
Comment 6 Jon Orris 2026-10-22 13:52:50 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:88211 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:88211
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