What is RHSA-2026:0976?

RHSA-2026:0976 is a security advisory published by Red Hat Product Security with Medium severity. Red Hat Security Advisory: openssh security update

Which CVE IDs does RHSA-2026:0976 cover?

RHSA-2026:0976 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2025-61984, CVE-2025-61985. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of RHSA-2026:0976?

RHSA-2026:0976 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, published by Red Hat Product Security.

Which products are affected by RHSA-2026:0976?

RHSA-2026:0976 affects 91 products, including: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4); Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4); openssh-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4); openssh-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4); openssh-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4); and others — see the full list on the advisory page.

RHSA-2026:0976MediumCVSS 5.3

Red Hat Security Advisory: openssh security update

Vendor

Red Hat Product Security

Published

January 22, 2026

Last Modified

September 1, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2025-61984 →CVE-2025-61985 →

📋 Description

CVE-2025-61984 — openssh: OpenSSH: Control characters in usernames can lead to code execution via ProxyCommand CVE-2025-61985 — openssh: OpenSSH: Null character in ssh:// URI can lead to code execution via ProxyCommand

🎯 Affected products91

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
openssh-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
openssh-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
openssh-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
openssh-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
openssh-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
openssh-askpass-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4)
openssh-askpass-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4)
openssh-askpass-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4)
openssh-askpass-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4)
openssh-askpass-debuginfo-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4)
openssh-askpass-debuginfo-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
openssh-askpass-debuginfo-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4)
openssh-askpass-debuginfo-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
openssh-askpass-debuginfo-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4)
openssh-askpass-debuginfo-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
openssh-askpass-debuginfo-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4)
openssh-askpass-debuginfo-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
openssh-clients-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
openssh-clients-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
openssh-clients-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
openssh-clients-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
openssh-clients-debuginfo-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4)
openssh-clients-debuginfo-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
openssh-clients-debuginfo-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4)
openssh-clients-debuginfo-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
openssh-clients-debuginfo-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4)
openssh-clients-debuginfo-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
openssh-clients-debuginfo-0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

📋 Description

🎯 Affected products91

✅ Remediation

🔗 References (5)