Bug 2550189 - CVE-2026-109786 fail2ban: fail2ban: Denial of Service via improper host parsing in sshd filter [epel-all]
Summary: CVE-2026-109786 fail2ban: fail2ban: Denial of Service via improper host parsi...
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Status: NEW
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Product: Fedora EPEL
Classification: Fedora
Component: fail2ban
Version: epel10
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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medium
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Assignee: Orion Poplawski
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: CVE-2026-109786
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Reported: 2026-10-13 05:35 UTC by Ganesh
Modified: 2026-10-13 05:35 UTC (History)
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Description Ganesh 2026-10-13 05:35:57 UTC
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In fail2ban 0.10.5 through 1.1.1 before ddd879d, the sshd filter (config/filter.d/sshd.conf) accepts an "on <token>" suffix after the host address. Because OpenSSH logs the offered username verbatim, a remote unauthenticated attacker can use a username such as "x VICTIM-SOURCE-IP-ADDRESS on" to make fail2ban associate failed login attempts with an arbitrary source IP address and ban it (e.g., to block logins from a legitimate user). The default filter mode is affected.


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