CVE-2026-35386

A flaw was found in OpenSSH. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to achieve arbitrary command execution by injecting shell metacharacters into a username provided on the command line. Exploitation requires an untrusted username and a non-default configuration of the '%' character in ssh_config.

Red Hat products do not ship in a configuration which is subject to this vulnerability. Additionally, the impact of the command execution is limited to the scope of the specific user account which users would need to create themselves.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.