{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2026-07-08T00:14:31Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "openssh: OpenSSH: Denial of Service via excessive GSSAPI authentication attempts",
    "id" : "2497946",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2497946"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "5.9",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-307",
  "details" : [ "sshd in OpenSSH before 10.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption from excessive authentication attempts) because MaxAuthTries was mishandled for GSSAPIAuthentication.", "A flaw was found in OpenSSH's Secure Shell Daemon (sshd). This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by initiating an excessive number of authentication attempts. The issue arises from the mishandling of the MaxAuthTries setting specifically when using GSSAPIAuthentication, leading to resource exhaustion." ],
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Hardened Images",
    "release_date" : "2026-07-09T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:37382",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1",
    "package" : "openssh-main-10.4p1-1.hum1",
    "impact" : "moderate"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "openssh",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "openssh",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "openssh",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "openssh",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "openssh",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-60000\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-60000\nhttps://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=178333966933090&w=2\nhttps://www.openssh.org/releasenotes.html#10.4p1\nhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/06/5" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2026-60000",
  "csaw" : false
}