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[UPDATE] [medium] OpenSSH: Vulnerability allows privilege escalation

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A local attacker can exploit a vulnerability in OpenSSH to elevate their privileges.

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What
A vulnerability in OpenSSH allows a local attacker to elevate their privileges.
Who is affected
Local attackers on systems running the affected versions of OpenSSH.
Urgency
Remediation is medium urgency due to the potential for privilege escalation.
Action
Update to the latest version of OpenSSH.

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Details

Source
CERT-Bund (BSI) Security Advisories (DE · national-cert · site)
Severity
medium
Published
2026-07-14
Exploitation
Not in CISA KEV at last sync
Language
Machine-translated to English — verify against the original

Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2022-0534

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A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.

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