CVE-2026-60000
Published: July 9, 2026Last modified: July 11, 2026
Description
sshd in OpenSSH before 10.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption from excessive authentication attempts) because MaxAuthTries was mishandled for GSSAPIAuthentication.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.5 |
| Attack Vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | openssh | Vulnerable (9.1_p1-r3) |
| 25 LTS | openssh | Vulnerable (10.0_p1-r7) | |
| Stream | openssh | Vulnerable (9.3_p1-r7) | |
| Hardened Containers | 23 LTS | openssh | Vulnerable (9.1_p1-r3) |
| 25 LTS | openssh | Vulnerable (10.0_p1-r7) | |
| Stream | openssh | Vulnerable (9.3_p1-r7) |