Description
A flaw was found in libssh. A malicious username expanded through %r in ProxyCommand handling can inject shell metacharacters, exposing environment variables and causing unintended shell behavior.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Default version status: affected
0:0.12.0-3.el10_2 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Default version status: affected
0:0.9.6-17.el8_10 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Default version status: affected
0:0.9.6-17.el8_10 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Default version status: affected
0:0.10.4-19.el9_8 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Default version status: affected
0:0.10.4-19.el9_8 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images
Default version status: affected
0.12.1-4.hum1 to < *unaffected
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42922 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55855 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:62217 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:62218 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-59846 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2498179 ↗