CVE-2026-3497
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2026
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
Vulnerability in the OpenSSH GSSAPI delta included in various Linux distributions. This vulnerability affects the GSSAPI patches added by various Linux distributions and does not affect the OpenSSH upstream project itself. The usage of sshpkt_disconnect() on an error, which does not terminate the process, allows an attacker to send an unexpected GSSAPI message type during the GSSAPI key exchange to the server, which will call the underlying function and continue the execution of the program without setting the related connection variables. As the variables are not initialized to NULL the code later accesses those uninitialized variables, accessing random memory, which could lead to undefined behavior. The recommended workaround is to use ssh_packet_disconnect() instead, which does terminate the process. The impact of the vulnerability depends heavily on the compiler flag hardening configuration.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
openssh
- Vendor
- Ubuntu
- Product
- openssh
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected- Package
- openssh
- Package collection
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:10.0p1-5ubuntu5 | affected | dpkg | 1:10.0p1-5ubuntu5.1 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13 | affected | dpkg | 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.15 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1:8.9p1-3 | affected | dpkg | 1:8.9p1-3ubuntu0.14 | Unavailable | None listed |