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.

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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.
Title Libssh: libssh: authentication bypass via missing gssapi principal check
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
Weaknesses CWE-863
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

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Updated: 2026-07-21T14:40:06.100Z

Reserved: 2026-07-07T15:40:24.561Z

Link: CVE-2026-59851

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