Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting openssh package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.41% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-OPENSSH-17895006
  • published8 Jul 2026
  • disclosed8 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Jul 2026

NewCVE-2026-60000  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling due to improper handling of the MaxAuthTries parameter during the authentication process. An attacker can exhaust server resources by repeatedly attempting authentication using GSSAPI, potentially leading to service disruption.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1