RHSA-2023:4419 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: openssh security update

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 8

Products

Official CSAF product identity

Published · August 1, 2023

Updated · June 25, 2026

Topic

An update for openssh is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

OpenSSH is an SSH protocol implementation supported by a number of Linux, UNIX, and similar operating systems. It includes the core files necessary for both the OpenSSH client and server.

Security Fix(es):

  • openssh: Remote code execution in ssh-agent PKCS#11 support (CVE-2023-38408)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Related CVEs

RHSA-2023:4419 — Red Hat Security Advisory: openssh security update | PulseLinux