CVE-2026-59851

Discovered by AISLEPUBLISHEDCWE-863

Description

A flaw was found in libssh. On servers with GSSAPIKeyExchange enabled, the gssapi-keyex path does not verify whether the authenticated Kerberos principal is authorized for the requested local user, allowing authenticated clients to log in as arbitrary users.

CVSS Base Scores

CVSS v3.1(Primary)
8.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersionStatus
libssh

References