Low

Openssh: heap out-of-bounds read in red hat enterprise linux versions of openssh gssapi indicator cleanup due to missing null sentinel termination

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

A flaw was found in OpenSSH. This vulnerability, a heap out-of-bounds read, occurs during the cleanup of GSSAPI (Generic Security Service Application Programming Interface) indicators when a trailing NULL termination is missing in the auth-indicators array. A remote attacker, under specific configurations involving GSSAPI authentication and a Kerberos environment, could exploit this to cause the SSH authentication path to crash or abort. This leads to a denial of service (DoS), impacting the availability of the SSH service.

Announced 23 Jun 2026Group revision 1

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CVE-2026-55654

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-55654

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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Red Hat Hardened Images

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Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5

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Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5

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Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5

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Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/9/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/10/product

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/11/product

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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Related CVEs: CVE-2026-55654
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Publisher severity

low

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event: #1962 · Revision 1
Added to Heist Feed: Sat, 24 Oct 2026 21:10:51 GMT
Publisher date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 03:37:00 GMT

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Revision history

24 Oct 2026CVE-2026-55654 · Revision 1Source updated