In sshd in OpenSSH through 10.6, in certain environments such as QNX 6 and SCO OpenServer 5, sshd-session can unexpectedly have root privileges. This is related to the GatewayPorts and StreamLocalForwarding configuration options, and lack of support for file-descriptor passing and unprivileged allocation of PTY devices.
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| Link | Providers |
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| https://www.openssh.org/releasenotes.html#10.6 |
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Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:45:00 +0000
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| Description | In sshd in OpenSSH through 10.6, in certain environments such as QNX 6 and SCO OpenServer 5, sshd-session can unexpectedly have root privileges. This is related to the GatewayPorts and StreamLocalForwarding configuration options, and lack of support for file-descriptor passing and unprivileged allocation of PTY devices. | |
| First Time appeared |
Openbsd
Openbsd openssh |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-272 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Openbsd
Openbsd openssh |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-06T21:21:35.996Z
Reserved: 2026-10-06T21:21:35.635Z
Link: CVE-2026-106589
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-06T22:17:06.920
Modified: 2026-10-06T22:17:06.920
Link: CVE-2026-106589
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