Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-55653
A flaw was found in OpenSSH. A malicious SSH server can exploit a double free vulnerability in the Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange (DH-GEX) client path. This occurs during FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) mode known-group validation when the client processes attacker-controlled DH-GEX group parameters. Successful exploitation leads to client-side process termination, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 10.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 4.3
References
Products affected by CVE-2026-55653
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cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:-
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:hardened_images:-
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0