CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-106589

LowCVSS 2.9
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

In sshd in OpenSSH through 10.6, in certain environments such as QNX 6 and SCO OpenServer 5, sshd-session can unexpectedly have root privileges. This is related to the GatewayPorts and StreamLocalForwarding configuration options, and lack of support for file-descriptor passing and unprivileged allocation of PTY devices.

Risk Assessment

Unexpected root privileges can lead to privilege escalation and full system compromise.

Recommendation

Update OpenSSH to a patched version and review sshd configuration in QNX and SCO environments.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In sshd in OpenSSH through 10.6, in certain environments such as QNX 6 and SCO OpenServer 5, sshd-session can unexpectedly have root privileges. This is related to the GatewayPorts and StreamLocalForwarding configuration options, and lack of support for file-descriptor passing and unprivileged allocation of PTY devices.

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