Vulnerability · Published Aug 11, 2026 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2026-73281
Low 3.5
In plain English
A low-severity security flaw in OpenSSH from OpenBSD. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 5% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.5Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 95.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 10.5, some operations can occur remotely but were intended to occur only locally, including operations that add tokens or use keys. This is caused by misinteraction between agent locking and the session-bind@openssh.com extension.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:10 | openssh | 9.9p1-27.el10_2.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:69129 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | openssh | 9.9p1-11.el9_8.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:69130 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | openssh-askpass | 9.9p1-27.el10_2.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:69129 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | openssh-askpass | 9.9p1-11.el9_8.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:69130 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | openssh-clients | 9.9p1-27.el10_2.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:69129 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | openssh-clients | 9.9p1-11.el9_8.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:69130 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | openssh-keycat | 9.9p1-27.el10_2.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:69129 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | openssh-keycat | 9.9p1-11.el9_8.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:69130 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | openssh-keysign | 9.9p1-27.el10_2.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:69129 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | openssh-server | 9.9p1-27.el10_2.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:69129 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | openssh-server | 9.9p1-11.el9_8.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:69130 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | pam_ssh_agent_auth | 0.10.4-8.11.el9_8.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:69130 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | openssh | 10.3_p1-r1 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-73281 |
| Debian:12 | openssh | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-73281 |
| Debian:13 | openssh | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-73281 |
| Debian:14 | openssh | 1:10.5p1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-73281 |
| Debian:14 | openssh-gssapi | 1:10.5p1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-73281 |
| Rocky Linux:10 | openssh | 0:9.9p1-27.el10_2.rocky.0.1 | RLSA-2026:69129 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | openssh | 0:9.9p1-11.el9_8.rocky.0.1 | RLSA-2026:69130 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | openssh | 1:8.9p1-3ubuntu0.17 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73281 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | openssh | 1:8.9p1-3ubuntu0.17 | USN-8721-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | openssh | 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.19 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73281 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | openssh | 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.19 | USN-8721-1 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | openssh | 1:10.2p1-2ubuntu3.6 | USN-8721-1 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | openssh | 1:10.2p1-2ubuntu3.6 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73281 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | openssh-ssh1 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73281 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | openssh-ssh1 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73281 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | openssh-ssh1 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73281 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | openssh-ssh1 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73281 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-669 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N