RHSA-2026:1815MediumCVSS 5.3

Red Hat Security Advisory: openssh security update

Published
February 3, 2026
Last Modified
September 1, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

📋 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 E4S (v.9.2)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
  • openssh-0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
  • openssh-0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
  • openssh-0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
  • openssh-0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
  • openssh-0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
  • openssh-askpass-0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • openssh-askpass-0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • openssh-askpass-0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • openssh-askpass-0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • openssh-askpass-debuginfo-0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • openssh-askpass-debuginfo-0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
  • openssh-askpass-debuginfo-0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • openssh-askpass-debuginfo-0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
  • openssh-askpass-debuginfo-0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • openssh-askpass-debuginfo-0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
  • openssh-askpass-debuginfo-0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • openssh-askpass-debuginfo-0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
  • openssh-clients-0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
  • openssh-clients-0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
  • openssh-clients-0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
  • openssh-clients-0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
  • openssh-clients-debuginfo-0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • openssh-clients-debuginfo-0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
  • openssh-clients-debuginfo-0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • openssh-clients-debuginfo-0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
  • openssh-clients-debuginfo-0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • openssh-clients-debuginfo-0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
  • openssh-clients-debuginfo-0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
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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

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