RHSA-2026:69130 — Security Advisory

An update for openssh is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

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.

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: OpenSSH: sftp client allows attacker to control downloaded file location (CVE-2026-59995)

• openssh: OpenSSH sshd: Security bypass due to incorrect handling of forwarding and tunneling options (CVE-2026-59999)

• openssh: OpenSSH: Tunnel forwarding restriction bypass (CVE-2026-73283)

• openssh: OpenSSH: ssh-agent allows remote execution of local operations (CVE-2026-73281)

• openssh: OpenSSH: Information disclosure and data corruption via use-after-free in ssh client (CVE-2026-73282)

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.