{"id":"CVE-2026-106589","title":"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","summary":"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 lac…","severity":"low","cvss":2.9,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","cwe":["CWE-272"],"vendor":"OpenBSD","product":"OpenSSH","affected":["OpenSSH <= 10.6"],"published":"2026-10-06","updated":"2026-10-06","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-06T22:17:06.920","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-106589","references":[{"url":"https://www.openssh.org/releasenotes.html#10.6","label":"cve@mitre.org"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-06T22:23:15.970Z","slug":"CVE-2026-106589","body":"## Overview\n\nIn 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":16,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":16,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}