[UPDATE] [medium] OpenSSH: Vulnerability allows privilege escalation
A local attacker can exploit a vulnerability in OpenSSH to elevate their privileges.
CSIRTS triage
- 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
Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2022-0534
Recent advisories for OpenSSH
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.
- medium[NEW] [medium] OpenSSH: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-31
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] OpenSSH: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-31
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] OpenSSH: Vulnerability allows bypassing of security measurescert-bund · 2026-07-30
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] OpenSSH: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-22
- unknownUSN-8577-1: OpenSSH vulnerabilityubuntu · 2026-07-21
- low[UPDATE] [low] OpenSSH: Multiple vulnerabilities allow code executioncert-bund · 2026-07-21
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