CVE-2026-106589
lowIn sshd in OpenSSH through 10.6, in certain environments such as QNX 6 and SCO OpenServer 5, sshd-session can unexpectedly have root privileges.
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.
CVSS
2.9
2.9 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (cve@mitre.org)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-10-06 22:17
Modified: 2026-10-07 16:17
NVD status: Awaiting Analysis
Last synced 3 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:58 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://www.openssh.org/releasenotes.html#10.6 cve@mitre.org
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:58 UTC · record ↗