Servers and applications
CVE-2026-106589
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.
- Severity
- Low 2.9
- Published
- 6 Oct 2026
- Last changed
- 7 Oct 2026
- Added to UpHeron
- 3 Nov 2026
- Sources
- CVE Program
Affected software
| Software | Affected versions |
|---|---|
OpenSSHServers and applications · cna:openbsd|openssh |
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References
- CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-106589