🛡️ CVE-2026-60002 on Debian 13 (Root.io) — openssh

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-60002 as tracked by Debian 13 (Root.io), for the package openssh. The fix is available in version 1:10.0p1-7+deb13u4.root.io.10; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no 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 low. (rating taken from the base CVE record.)

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2026-60002 is classified as CWE-416: Use After Free. Memory is used after being released, so its contents may already belong to something else.

Affected software

ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2026-60002 is recorded against 2 packages.

• openssh (fixed in 1:10.0p1-7+deb13u4.root.io.10)
• rootio-openssh (fixed in 1:10.0p1-7+deb13u4.root.io.10)

Timeline and source

Published on 19 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

Other advisories for this package

openssh has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2018-15919 (2.0 Low, published 20 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2026-60002 (9.5 Critical, published 20 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2023-51767 (8.0 High, published 20 Aug 2026)
• RLSA-2026:47755 (published 30 Jul 2026)
• RHSA-2026:47757 (published 30 Jul 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-416: Use After Free) in other software:

• CVE-2022-21540 (5.3 Medium, published 8 May 2026)
• CVE-2022-50542 (7.8 High, published 7 Oct 2025)
• CVE-2022-50552 (7.8 High, published 7 Oct 2025)
• CVE-2022-50507 (7.8 High, published 4 Oct 2025)
• CVE-2022-50496 (7.8 High, published 4 Oct 2025)
• CVE-2022-50492 (7.8 High, published 4 Oct 2025)
• CVE-2022-50488 (7.8 High, published 4 Oct 2025)
• CVE-2022-50433 (7.8 High, published 1 Oct 2025)

Details

Affected Packages

References