CVE-2026-35386

openssh: In OpenSSH before 10.3, command execution can occur via shell metacharacters in a username within a command line

CVE-2026-35386 is fixed in 22 products on 1 platform, first by openssh-client 1:8.9p1-3ubuntu0.15, released April 2, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
8.1
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0032
25th percentile

In OpenSSH before 10.3, command execution can occur via shell metacharacters in a username within a command line. This requires a scenario where the username on the command line is untrusted, and also requires a non-default configurations of % in ssh_config.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
openssh · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 1:9.2p1-2+deb12u10 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-35386 Apr 2, 2026
openssh · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 1:10.0p1-7+deb13u3 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-35386 Apr 2, 2026
openssh · Debian 14 1:10.3p1-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-35386 Apr 2, 2026
openssh · RHEL 10 9.9p1-7.el10_0.3 RHSA-2026:12389 Apr 2, 2026
openssh · RHEL 8 0:8.0p1-29.el8_10 RHSA-2026:13383 May 15, 2026
openssh · RHEL 9 0:9.9p1-7.el9_8 RHSA-2026:19219 May 15, 2026
openssh · almalinux 10 9.9p1-23.el10_2.alma.1 ALSA-2026:19069 May 19, 2026
openssh · almalinux 8 8.0p1-29.el8_10 ALSA-2026:13383 May 4, 2026
openssh · almalinux 9 9.9p1-7.el9_8.alma.1 ALSA-2026:19219 May 19, 2026
openssh · amzn 2023 8.7p1-8.amzn2023.0.18 ALAS2023-2026-1745 May 25, 2026
openssh · ol 10 0:9.9p1-14.0.1.el10_1 ELSA-2026-13380 May 5, 2026
openssh · ol 8 0:8.0p1-29.0.1.el8_10 ELSA-2026-13383 May 5, 2026
openssh · ol 9 0:8.7p1-49.0.1.el9_7 ELSA-2026-13381 May 5, 2026
openssh · rocky 10 0:9.9p1-23.el10_2.rocky.0.1 RLSA-2026:19069 May 29, 2026
openssh · rocky 8 0:8.0p1-29.el8_10 RLSA-2026:13383 May 6, 2026
openssh · rocky 9 0:9.9p1-7.el9_8.rocky.0.1 RLSA-2026:19219 May 28, 2026
openssh-askpass · RHEL 8 0:8.0p1-29.el8_10 RHSA-2026:13383 May 15, 2026
openssh-askpass · RHEL 9 0:9.9p1-7.el9_8 RHSA-2026:19219 May 15, 2026
openssh-askpass · almalinux 10 9.9p1-23.el10_2.alma.1 ALSA-2026:19069 May 19, 2026
openssh-askpass · almalinux 8 8.0p1-29.el8_10 ALSA-2026:13383 May 4, 2026
openssh-askpass · almalinux 9 9.9p1-7.el9_8.alma.1 ALSA-2026:19219 May 19, 2026
openssh-askpass · ol 10 0:9.9p1-14.0.1.el10_1 ELSA-2026-13380 May 5, 2026
openssh-askpass · ol 8 0:8.0p1-29.0.1.el8_10 ELSA-2026-13383 May 5, 2026
openssh-askpass · ol 9 0:8.7p1-49.0.1.el9_7 ELSA-2026-13381 May 5, 2026
openssh-cavs · RHEL 8 0:8.0p1-29.el8_10 RHSA-2026:13383 May 15, 2026
openssh-cavs · almalinux 8 8.0p1-29.el8_10 ALSA-2026:13383 May 4, 2026
openssh-cavs · ol 8 0:8.0p1-29.0.1.el8_10 ELSA-2026-13383 May 5, 2026
openssh-client · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:8.9p1-3ubuntu0.15 openssh-client 1:8.9p1-3ubuntu0.15 Apr 2, 2026
openssh-client · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.16 openssh-client 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.16 Apr 2, 2026
openssh-client · Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) 1:10.0p1-5ubuntu5.4 openssh-client 1:10.0p1-5ubuntu5.4 Apr 2, 2026
openssh-client · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 1:10.2p1-2ubuntu3.2 openssh-client 1:10.2p1-2ubuntu3.2 Apr 2, 2026
openssh-client-gssapi · Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) 1:10.0p1-5ubuntu5.4 openssh-client-gssapi 1:10.0p1-5ubuntu5.4 Apr 2, 2026
openssh-client-gssapi · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 1:10.2p1-2ubuntu3.2 openssh-client-gssapi 1:10.2p1-2ubuntu3.2 Apr 2, 2026
openssh-clients · RHEL 8 0:8.0p1-29.el8_10 RHSA-2026:13383 May 15, 2026
openssh-clients · RHEL 9 0:9.9p1-7.el9_8 RHSA-2026:19219 May 15, 2026
openssh-clients · almalinux 10 9.9p1-23.el10_2.alma.1 ALSA-2026:19069 May 19, 2026
openssh-clients · almalinux 8 8.0p1-29.el8_10 ALSA-2026:13383 May 4, 2026
openssh-clients · almalinux 9 9.9p1-7.el9_8.alma.1 ALSA-2026:19219 May 19, 2026
openssh-clients · amzn 2023 8.7p1-8.amzn2023.0.18 ALAS2023-2026-1745 May 25, 2026
openssh-clients · ol 10 0:9.9p1-14.0.1.el10_1 ELSA-2026-13380 May 5, 2026
openssh-clients · ol 8 0:8.0p1-29.0.1.el8_10 ELSA-2026-13383 May 5, 2026
openssh-clients · ol 9 0:8.7p1-49.0.1.el9_7 ELSA-2026-13381 May 5, 2026
openssh-clients-debuginfo · amzn 2023 8.7p1-8.amzn2023.0.18 ALAS2023-2026-1745 May 25, 2026
openssh-debuginfo · amzn 2023 8.7p1-8.amzn2023.0.18 ALAS2023-2026-1745 May 25, 2026
openssh-debugsource · amzn 2023 8.7p1-8.amzn2023.0.18 ALAS2023-2026-1745 May 25, 2026
openssh-keycat · RHEL 8 0:8.0p1-29.el8_10 RHSA-2026:13383 May 15, 2026
openssh-keycat · RHEL 9 0:9.9p1-7.el9_8 RHSA-2026:19219 May 15, 2026
openssh-keycat · almalinux 10 9.9p1-23.el10_2.alma.1 ALSA-2026:19069 May 19, 2026
openssh-keycat · almalinux 8 8.0p1-29.el8_10 ALSA-2026:13383 May 4, 2026
openssh-keycat · almalinux 9 9.9p1-7.el9_8.alma.1 ALSA-2026:19219 May 19, 2026
openssh-keycat · amzn 2023 8.7p1-8.amzn2023.0.18 ALAS2023-2026-1745 May 25, 2026
openssh-keycat · ol 10 0:9.9p1-14.0.1.el10_1 ELSA-2026-13380 May 5, 2026
openssh-keycat · ol 8 0:8.0p1-29.0.1.el8_10 ELSA-2026-13383 May 5, 2026
openssh-keycat · ol 9 0:8.7p1-49.0.1.el9_7 ELSA-2026-13381 May 5, 2026
openssh-keycat-debuginfo · amzn 2023 8.7p1-8.amzn2023.0.18 ALAS2023-2026-1745 May 25, 2026
openssh-keysign · almalinux 10 9.9p1-23.el10_2.alma.1 ALSA-2026:19069 May 19, 2026
openssh-keysign · ol 10 0:9.9p1-14.0.1.el10_1 ELSA-2026-13380 May 5, 2026
openssh-ldap · RHEL 8 0:8.0p1-29.el8_10 RHSA-2026:13383 May 15, 2026
openssh-ldap · almalinux 8 8.0p1-29.el8_10 ALSA-2026:13383 May 4, 2026
openssh-ldap · ol 8 0:8.0p1-29.0.1.el8_10 ELSA-2026-13383 May 5, 2026
openssh-server · RHEL 8 0:8.0p1-29.el8_10 RHSA-2026:13383 May 15, 2026
openssh-server · RHEL 9 0:9.9p1-7.el9_8 RHSA-2026:19219 May 15, 2026
openssh-server · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:8.9p1-3ubuntu0.15 openssh-server 1:8.9p1-3ubuntu0.15 Apr 2, 2026
openssh-server · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.16 openssh-server 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.16 Apr 2, 2026
openssh-server · Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) 1:10.0p1-5ubuntu5.4 openssh-server 1:10.0p1-5ubuntu5.4 Apr 2, 2026
openssh-server · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 1:10.2p1-2ubuntu3.2 openssh-server 1:10.2p1-2ubuntu3.2 Apr 2, 2026
openssh-server · almalinux 10 9.9p1-23.el10_2.alma.1 ALSA-2026:19069 May 19, 2026
openssh-server · almalinux 8 8.0p1-29.el8_10 ALSA-2026:13383 May 4, 2026
openssh-server · almalinux 9 9.9p1-7.el9_8.alma.1 ALSA-2026:19219 May 19, 2026
openssh-server · amzn 2023 8.7p1-8.amzn2023.0.18 ALAS2023-2026-1745 May 25, 2026
openssh-server · ol 10 0:9.9p1-14.0.1.el10_1 ELSA-2026-13380 May 5, 2026
openssh-server · ol 8 0:8.0p1-29.0.1.el8_10 ELSA-2026-13383 May 5, 2026
openssh-server · ol 9 0:8.7p1-49.0.1.el9_7 ELSA-2026-13381 May 5, 2026
openssh-server-debuginfo · amzn 2023 8.7p1-8.amzn2023.0.18 ALAS2023-2026-1745 May 25, 2026
openssh-server-gssapi · Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) 1:10.0p1-5ubuntu5.4 openssh-server-gssapi 1:10.0p1-5ubuntu5.4 Apr 2, 2026
openssh-server-gssapi · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 1:10.2p1-2ubuntu3.2 openssh-server-gssapi 1:10.2p1-2ubuntu3.2 Apr 2, 2026
openssh-sftp-server · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:8.9p1-3ubuntu0.15 openssh-sftp-server 1:8.9p1-3ubuntu0.15 Apr 2, 2026
openssh-sftp-server · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.16 openssh-sftp-server 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.16 Apr 2, 2026
openssh-sftp-server · Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) 1:10.0p1-5ubuntu5.4 openssh-sftp-server 1:10.0p1-5ubuntu5.4 Apr 2, 2026
openssh-sftp-server · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 1:10.2p1-2ubuntu3.2 openssh-sftp-server 1:10.2p1-2ubuntu3.2 Apr 2, 2026
openssh-tests · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:8.9p1-3ubuntu0.15 openssh-tests 1:8.9p1-3ubuntu0.15 Apr 2, 2026
openssh-tests · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.16 openssh-tests 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.16 Apr 2, 2026
openssh-tests · Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) 1:10.0p1-5ubuntu5.4 openssh-tests 1:10.0p1-5ubuntu5.4 Apr 2, 2026
openssh-tests · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 1:10.2p1-2ubuntu3.2 openssh-tests 1:10.2p1-2ubuntu3.2 Apr 2, 2026
pam_ssh_agent_auth · RHEL 8 0:0.10.3-7.29.el8_10 RHSA-2026:13383 May 15, 2026
pam_ssh_agent_auth · RHEL 9 0:0.10.4-7.7.el9_8 RHSA-2026:19219 May 15, 2026
pam_ssh_agent_auth · almalinux 8 0.10.3-7.29.el8_10 ALSA-2026:13383 May 4, 2026
pam_ssh_agent_auth · almalinux 9 0.10.4-7.7.el9_8.alma.1 ALSA-2026:19219 May 19, 2026
pam_ssh_agent_auth · amzn 2023 0.10.4-4.8.amzn2023.0.18 ALAS2023-2026-1745 May 25, 2026
pam_ssh_agent_auth · ol 8 0:0.10.3-7.29.0.1.el8_10 ELSA-2026-13383 May 5, 2026
pam_ssh_agent_auth · ol 9 0:0.10.4-5.49.0.1.el9_7 ELSA-2026-13381 May 5, 2026
pam_ssh_agent_auth-debuginfo · amzn 2023 0.10.4-4.8.amzn2023.0.18 ALAS2023-2026-1745 May 25, 2026
ssh · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:8.9p1-3ubuntu0.15 ssh 1:8.9p1-3ubuntu0.15 Apr 2, 2026
ssh · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.16 ssh 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.16 Apr 2, 2026
ssh · Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) 1:10.0p1-5ubuntu5.4 ssh 1:10.0p1-5ubuntu5.4 Apr 2, 2026
ssh · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 1:10.2p1-2ubuntu3.2 ssh 1:10.2p1-2ubuntu3.2 Apr 2, 2026
ssh-askpass-gnome · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:8.9p1-3ubuntu0.15 ssh-askpass-gnome 1:8.9p1-3ubuntu0.15 Apr 2, 2026
ssh-askpass-gnome · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.16 ssh-askpass-gnome 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.16 Apr 2, 2026
ssh-askpass-gnome · Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) 1:10.0p1-5ubuntu5.4 ssh-askpass-gnome 1:10.0p1-5ubuntu5.4 Apr 2, 2026
ssh-askpass-gnome · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 1:10.2p1-2ubuntu3.2 ssh-askpass-gnome 1:10.2p1-2ubuntu3.2 Apr 2, 2026

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