CVE-2026-106589
LowCVSS 2.9Summary
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.
Other vulnerabilities in OpenSSH
See all- CVE-2026-106588Low
In sshd in OpenSSH through 10.6, use of the macOS 27 (or later) SDK has the side effect of loss of sandboxing, which is potentially unexpected.
- CVE-2026-106587Low
In sshd in OpenSSH before 10.6, the value "none" for a configuration option is sometimes interpreted as a filename but was intended to mean that a feature is disabled.
- CVE-2026-106586Low
In sshd in OpenSSH before 10.6, the restrict keyword (in authorized_keys) was supposed to apply to tunnel forwarding but was not enforced. This is a different vulnerability than CVE-2026-73283.
- CVE-2026-106585Medium
In sshd and ssh in OpenSSH before version 10.6, there is no check for whether the maximum packet length is exceeded during decompression of highly compressed data.
- CVE-2026-106584Low
In ssh-keygen in OpenSSH before 10.6, certificates could have incorrect expiration times due to Daylight Saving mishandling. There can be a slightly more severe effect on users in certain Antarctic locations.
- CVE-2026-106582Low
In sshd and ssh in OpenSSH before 10.6, an LZ77 dictionary coder can be used even though this is contraindicated by the arXiv 2609.07709 "Crossing the Streams" findings.
- CVE-2026-106555Low
In sshd in OpenSSH before 10.6, GSSAPIAuthentication authentication state can incorrectly be persisted across authentication attempts.
- CVE-2026-106553Low
In sshd in OpenSSH before 10.6, credentials can incorrectly persist after failure of a GSSAPIAuthentication authentication attempt.
- CVE-2026-106552Medium
In sftp in OpenSSH before version 10.6, a server can trigger directory traversal (causing files to be written to unintended locations) during a recursive copy operation.
- CVE-2016-6515High
The auth_password function in sshd in OpenSSH before version 7.3 does not limit password lengths for authentication, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service via long strings.
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.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS

