CVE-2026-59998

medium Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score
0.2%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 93% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Published: July 8, 2026 (1 days ago)
Last Modified: July 8, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in OpenSSH. The sshd component has an undocumented security-relevant behavior where GSSAPIStrictAcceptorCheck has no value when the server is in a Windows Active Directory environment. This could lead to unintended information disclosure and impact data integrity.

CWE

CWE-909

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat Hardened ImagesRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 marc.info 🔗 www.openssh.org