Vulnerability in OpenSSH (CVE-2026-60001)
Summary
Vulnerability in OpenSSH (CVE-2026-60001). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
sshd in OpenSSH before 10.4 does not always honor the minimum authentication delay.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A weakness called CVE-2026-60001 was discovered in OpenSSH.
Severity is Medium (CVSS 6.5/10). Exploitation requires specific conditions but can cause real harm if successful.
What you should do: update the affected software to the latest version. If unsure, ask your IT team or search the vendor's site for "OpenSSH CVE-2026-60001".
CVE-2026-60001 (OpenSSH). Severity: Medium / CVSSv3 6.5. Category: CWE-770.
Response plan:
- Check the vendor advisory for affected versions and the patched release.
- If a vulnerable version is running in production, schedule maintenance (urgency from KEV/CVSS).
- If no patch yet, mitigate via WAF rule, disabling the affected feature, etc.
- Monitor logs / SIEM for known IOC and PoC signatures of this CVE.
PoCs and fix commits: see the 'References' section, MITRE, and NVD.
A weakness (CVE-2026-60001) in OpenSSH. A serious software flaw has been identified.
Target versions of OpenSSH (see vendor advisory). If running in production, identify exposure immediately.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.5/10). Exploitation requires specific conditions but can cause real harm if successful.
Update to the patched release as listed in the vendor advisory. (Typical mitigation pattern for CWE-770)
If a patch is not yet available, consider disabling the affected feature, applying WAF rules, blocking via network ACLs, or isolating the vulnerable version.
Check version information, scan dependencies via SBOM, and monitor SIEM for IOC and PoC signatures related to this CVE.
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2026-60001 openssh Fixed in: 9.1_p1-r13
References
- mailing cve@mitre.org
- web cve@mitre.org
- web cve@mitre.org
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com