CVE-2026-110925
A flaw was found in OpenSSH.
Published Oct 15, 2026 · updated Oct 15, 2026 · Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images
A flaw was found in OpenSSH. A username entered on the ssh command line can still contain '$' or a non-trailing backslash. When a configuration expands %u inside ProxyCommand or Match exec, those characters are passed into the shell.
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Timeline
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Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
A flaw was found in OpenSSH. A username entered on the ssh command line can still contain '$' or a non-trailing backslash. When a configuration expands %u inside ProxyCommand or Match exec, those characters are passed into the shell.
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
A flaw was found in OpenSSH. A username entered on the ssh command line can still contain '$' or a non-trailing backslash. When a configuration expands %u inside ProxyCommand or Match exec, those characters are passed into the shell.
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
A flaw was found in OpenSSH. A username entered on the ssh command line can still contain '$' or a non-trailing backslash. When a configuration expands %u inside ProxyCommand or Match exec, those characters are passed into the shell.
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
A flaw was found in OpenSSH. A username entered on the ssh command line can still contain '$' or a non-trailing backslash. When a configuration expands %u inside ProxyCommand or Match exec, those characters are passed into the shell.
Oct 15, 2026 · CIRCL Vulnerability Lookup
Updated
A flaw was found in OpenSSH. A username entered on the ssh command line can still contain '$' or a non-trailing backslash. When a configuration expands %u inside ProxyCommand or Match exec, those characters are passed into the shell.
Affected
- vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10version unspecified
- vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6version unspecified
- vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7version unspecified
- vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8version unspecified
- vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9version unspecified
- vendor Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Imagesversion unspecified
- vendor Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4version unspecified
Sources
- CIRCL Vulnerability LookupVulnerability recordCVE-2026-110925
A flaw was found in OpenSSH. A username entered on the ssh command line can still contain '$' or a non-trailing backslash. When a configuration expands %u inside ProxyCommand or Match exec, those characters are passed into the shell.
vulnerability.circl.lu - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-110925
A flaw was found in OpenSSH. A username entered on the ssh command line can still contain '$' or a non-trailing backslash. When a configuration expands %u inside ProxyCommand or Match exec, those characters are passed into the shell.
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-110925
30-day exploitation probability 0.2%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-110925
A flaw was found in OpenSSH. A username entered on the ssh command line can still contain '$' or a non-trailing backslash. When a configuration expands %u inside ProxyCommand or Match exec, those characters are passed into the shell.
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