CVE-2026-60000

sshd in OpenSSH before 10.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption from excessive authentication attempts) because MaxAuthTries was mishandled for GSSAPIAuthentication.

CVSS v3 3.7 LOW

3.7^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=178333966933090&w=2	Release Notes
https://www.openssh.org/releasenotes.html#10.4p1	Release Notes
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/06/5	Mailing List Release Notes

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

09 Jul 2026, 16:51

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh::::::::
First Time		Openbsd Openbsd openssh
References	~~() https://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=178333966933090&w=2 -~~	() https://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=178333966933090&w=2 - Release Notes
References	~~() https://www.openssh.org/releasenotes.html#10.4p1 -~~	() https://www.openssh.org/releasenotes.html#10.4p1 - Release Notes
References	~~() https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/06/5 -~~	() https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/06/5 - Mailing List, Release Notes

08 Jul 2026, 01:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-07-08 01:16

Updated : 2026-07-09 16:51

NVD link : CVE-2026-60000

Mitre link : CVE-2026-60000

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-60000

JSON object : View

Products Affected

openbsd

openssh

CWE

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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