CriticalFix available
openssh — security advisory
ssh-add in OpenSSH before 9.3 adds smartcard keys to ssh-agent without the intended per-hop destination constraints. The earliest affected version is 8.9.
- Products
- openssh
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 9.0_p1-r3, 9.1_p1-r3
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-28531
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 14:56 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
ssh-add in OpenSSH before 9.3 adds smartcard keys to ssh-agent without the intended per-hop destination constraints. The earliest affected version is 8.9.
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2023-28531
openssh
Fixed versions: 9.0_p1-r3
openssh
Fixed versions: 9.1_p1-r3
Complete source record
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