🛡️ CVE-2026-59851 — enterprise-linux

🟠 CVSS 8.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-863 NVD
8.8
CVSS Score
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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.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-59851 is classified as CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization. An authorisation check runs but reaches the wrong conclusion, permitting actions it should refuse.

Affected software

CVE-2026-59851 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • enterprise-linux
  • hardened-images
  • libssh

Timeline and source

Published on 21 July 2026 and last revised on 30 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com
bugzilla.redhat.com

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-863
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-07-21
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-07-30
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
enterprise-linux
hardened-images
libssh

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