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CVE-2026-55653

6.5 medium SSVC exploitation: none Modified

A flaw was found in OpenSSH. A malicious SSH server can exploit a double free vulnerability in the Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange (DH-GEX) client path. This occurs during FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) mode known-group validation when the client processes attacker-controlled DH-GEX group parameters. Successful exploitation leads to client-side process termination, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).

Fix

Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2

Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.

Change history 2

  1. References+1 references (now 49)NVD modified 2026-10-26 04:17
  2. First seenCVSS 6.5 · openbsd, redhatNVD modified 2026-10-14 20:17

Affected (CPE criteria) 8

  • cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:hardened_images:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References 49