VDB
JLSEC-2026-68
JLSEC-2026-68
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL
The PKCS#11 feature in ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 9.3p2 has an insufficiently trustworthy search path, leading to remote code execution if an agent is forwarded to an attacker-controlled system. (Code in `/usr/lib` is not necessarily safe for loading into ssh-agent.) NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-10009.
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Julia | OpenSSH_jll | 0, 0 |
| Julia | OpenSSH_jll | 0 |
Timeline
- Apr 9, 2026 CVE Published
- Jul 25, 2026 CVE Updated
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173661/OpenSSH-Forwarded-SSH-Agent-Remote-Code-Execution.html url
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/20/1 url
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/20/2 url
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/22/11 url
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/22/9 url
- https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2023/07/19/cve-2023-38408-remote-code-execution-in-opensshs-forwarded-ssh-agent url
- https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/7bc29a9d5cd697290aa056e94ecee6253d3425f8 url
- https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/f03a4faa55c4ce0818324701dadbf91988d7351d url
- https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/f8f5a6b003981bb824329dc987d101977beda7ca url
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00021.html url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CEBTJJINE2I3FHAUKKNQWMFGYMLSMWKQ/ url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RAXVQS6ZYTULFAK3TEJHRLKZALJS3AOU/ url
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36790196 url
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202307-01 url
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230803-0010/ url
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213940 url
- https://www.openssh.com/security.html url
- https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-9.3p2 url
- https://www.qualys.com/2023/07/19/cve-2023-38408/rce-openssh-forwarded-ssh-agent.txt url
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/exploring-opensshs-agent-forwarding-rce-cve-2023-38408 url