A flaw was found in OpenSSH. This vulnerability, a heap out-of-bounds read, occurs during the cleanup of GSSAPI (Generic Security Service Application Programming Interface) indicators when a trailing NULL termination is missing in the auth-indicators array. A remote attacker, under specific configurations involving GSSAPI authentication and a Kerberos environment, could exploit this to cause the SSH authentication path to crash or abort. This leads to a denial of service (DoS), impacting the availability of the SSH service.
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| Description | A flaw was found in OpenSSH. This vulnerability, a heap out-of-bounds read, occurs during the cleanup of GSSAPI (Generic Security Service Application Programming Interface) indicators when a trailing NULL termination is missing in the auth-indicators array. A remote attacker, under specific configurations involving GSSAPI authentication and a Kerberos environment, could exploit this to cause the SSH authentication path to crash or abort. This leads to a denial of service (DoS), impacting the availability of the SSH service. | |
| Title | Openssh: heap out-of-bounds read in red hat enterprise linux versions of openssh gssapi indicator cleanup due to missing null sentinel termination | |
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Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux Redhat hummingbird Redhat openshift |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-125 | |
| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1 cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
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Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux Redhat hummingbird Redhat openshift |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2026-06-23T12:12:09.133Z
Reserved: 2026-06-16T23:55:05.737Z
Link: CVE-2026-55654
Updated: 2026-06-23T12:12:05.511Z
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Updated: 2026-06-23T04:30:16Z
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