Linux · Security advisory · October 6, 2025

RHSA-2026:1678: openssh security update

RHSA-2026:1678, released October 6, 2025, fixes 2 CVEs in openssh (version 9.9p1-7.el10_0.1). None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVEs closed
2
None rated Critical
Exploited
0
None reported
Exploitation more likely
0
Vendor assessment
Highest EPSS
0.0046
40th percentile

Priority of the 2 CVEs

Patch now 0 Urgent 0 High 0 Routine 2

Fixed package versions

ProductReleaseFixed in
opensshRHEL 109.9p1-7.el10_0.1

CVEs this fix closes

PriorityCVETitleImpactCVSSEPSSExploitation
Routine CVE-2025-61984 ssh in OpenSSH before 10.1 allows control characters in usernames that originate from certain possibly untrusted sources, potentially leading to code execution when a ProxyCommand is used. The untrusted sources are the command line and %-sequence expansion of a configuration file. (A configuration file that provides a complete literal username is not categorized as an untrusted source.) 5.3 0.0046 None reported
Routine CVE-2025-61985 ssh in OpenSSH before 10.1 allows the '\0' character in an ssh:// URI, potentially leading to code execution when a ProxyCommand is used. 5.3 0.0013 None reported
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