CVE-2026-73281

LOWPre-NVD 3.53.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 3.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-08-11. a secondary CVSS source baseline 3.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
3.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 3.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

In ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 10.5, some operations can occur remotely but were intended to occur only locally, including operations that add tokens or use keys. This is caused by misinteraction between agent locking and the [email protected] extension.

CVSS v3
3.5
EG Score
3.5(medium)
EG Risk
20(Track)
EG Risk 20/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity35% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
5%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 11, 2026

Last Modified

September 4, 2026

References (1)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-73281(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntussh-askpass-gnome (1:10.2p1-2ubuntu3.6) @ resolute2026-09-18ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(5 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:14(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
openssh1:10.0p1-7 ... 1:10.5p1-1 (27 versions)——
openssh-gssapi1:10.4p1-5, 1:10.5p1-1——
Alpine:v3.24(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
openssh—10.3_p1-r1—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
openssh1:10.0p1-1 ... 1:9.9p2-2 (77 versions)——
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
openssh1:10.0p1-7 ... 1:10.5p1-1 (31 versions)——

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(2)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 49× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-18 00:35 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-18 00:35 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-09-18 00:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-14 10:46 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-14 10:46 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-09-14 10:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-12 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-11 04:35 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-11 04:35 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-09-11 04:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-10 09:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-07 22:24 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-07 22:24 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-09-07 22:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-06 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-09-04 16:12 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-04 16:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-04 05:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-09-04 01:46 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-09-04 01:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-31 19:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-31 11:47 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-31 11:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-30 19:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-28 04:28 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-28 04:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-24 22:02 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-24 22:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-21 15:51 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-21 15:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-08-18 09:40 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-08-18 09:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-08-15 03:30 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-08-15 03:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-08-15 01:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-08-11 20:19 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-08-11 19:30 UTCEG score recompute
  41. 2026-08-11 19:30 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-73281?
CVE-2026-73281 is a low vulnerability published on August 11, 2026. In ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 10.5, some operations can occur remotely but were intended to occur only locally, including operations that add tokens or use keys. This is caused by misinteraction between agent locking and the [email protected] extension.
When was CVE-2026-73281 disclosed?
CVE-2026-73281 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 11, 2026, with the most recent update on September 4, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-73281 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-73281 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 94.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-73281?
CVE-2026-73281 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-73281?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-73281, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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