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CVE-2026-35385 json

In OpenSSH before 10.3, a file downloaded by scp may be installed setuid or setgid, an outcome...

published 2026-04-02 7 mo ago modified 2026-09-01 2 mo ago also EUVD-2026-18398 , GHSA-jgqr-738j-43cg , JLSEC-2026-74

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 47%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In OpenSSH before 10.3, a file downloaded by scp may be installed setuid or setgid, an outcome contrary to some users' expectations, if the download is performed as root with -O (legacy scp protocol) and without -p (preserve mode).

Patch / fix

  • julia OpenSSH_jll 10.3.1+0
  • OpenBSD OpenSSH 10.3
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 0:9.9p1-14.el10_1, 0:9.9p1-23.el10_2
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support 0:9.9p1-7.el10_0.3
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support - EXTENSION 0:5.3p1-125.el6_10.1
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support 0:7.4p1-23.el7_9.2
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 0:8.0p1-29.el8_10
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support 0:8.0p1-7.el8_4.2
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On 0:8.0p1-7.el8_4.2
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support 0:8.0p1-15.el8_6.5
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service 0:8.0p1-15.el8_6.5
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions 0:8.0p1-15.el8_6.5
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service 0:8.0p1-20.el8_8.4
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions 0:8.0p1-20.el8_8.4
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 0:8.7p1-49.el9_7, 0:9.9p1-7.el9_8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions 0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.11
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support 0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support 0:8.7p1-45.el9_6.3
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 412.86.202606140301-0
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 413.92.202606160406-0
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 414.92.202606231112-0
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 415.92.202606200237-0
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 416.94.202606051757-0
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 417.94.202606250942-0
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 418.94.202606051320-0
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19 4.19.9.6.202605201155-0
  • Red Hat Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.2 1780681984
  • Red Hat Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.3 1782352847, 1782352919, 1782352950, 1782353093
  • Red Hat Red Hat Discovery 2 1778101579, 1778156756
  • Red Hat Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 1779798165, 1779798222, 1787135742, 1787241260
  • openssh Debian 12 1:9.2p1-2+deb12u10
  • openssh Debian 13 1:10.0p1-7+deb13u3
  • openssh Debian 14 1:10.3p1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-35385

  • openssh Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1:8.9p1-3ubuntu0.15
  • openssh Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.16
  • openssh Ubuntu 25.10 1:10.0p1-5ubuntu5.4
  • openssh Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 1:10.2p1-2ubuntu3.2
  • openssh Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.13+esm3
  • openssh Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.10+esm8
  • openssh Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1:7.6p1-4ubuntu0.7+esm5
  • openssh Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 1:8.2p1-4ubuntu0.13+esm2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-35385

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • openssh RHEL 9 9.9p1-7.el9_8
  • openssh-keycat RHEL 9 9.9p1-7.el9_8
  • openssh-server RHEL 9 9.9p1-7.el9_8
  • openssh-askpass RHEL 9 9.9p1-7.el9_8
  • openssh-clients RHEL 9 9.9p1-7.el9_8
  • pam_ssh_agent_auth RHEL 9 0.10.4-7.7.el9_8
  • openssh RHEL 10.2 9.9p1-23.el10_2
  • openssh-keycat RHEL 10.2 9.9p1-23.el10_2

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:25063RHSA-2026:22648RHSA-2026:22564RHSA-2026:22468RHSA-2026:22329RHSA-2026:21398

  • openssh Linux Micro 6.0 9.6p1-6.1
  • openssh SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS +8 more 8.4p1-150300.3.65.1
  • openssh-askpass-gnome SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS +5 more 8.4p1-150300.3.65.1
  • openssh SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES 15 SP6-LTSS, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 9.6p1-150600.6.42.1
  • openssh-askpass-gnome SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES 15 SP6-LTSS, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 9.6p1-150600.6.42.1
  • openssh-askpass-gnome SLES 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE 6.6p1-36.31.1
  • openssh SLES 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE 6.6p1-36.31.1
  • openssh8.4 SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5-LTSS 8.4p1-8.24.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:23249-1SUSE-SU-2026:2515-1SUSE-SU-2026:2430-1SUSE-SU-2026:2395-1SUSE-SU-2026:2375-1SUSE-SU-2026:2371-1

  • openssh openSUSE Tumbleweed 10.3p1-4.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:10804-1

  • openssh AlmaLinux 10 9.9p1-23.el10_2.alma.1
  • openssh-keycat AlmaLinux 10 9.9p1-23.el10_2.alma.1
  • openssh-server AlmaLinux 10 9.9p1-23.el10_2.alma.1
  • openssh-askpass AlmaLinux 10 9.9p1-23.el10_2.alma.1
  • openssh-clients AlmaLinux 10 9.9p1-23.el10_2.alma.1
  • openssh-keysign AlmaLinux 10 9.9p1-23.el10_2.alma.1
  • openssh AlmaLinux 9 9.9p1-7.el9_8.alma.1
  • openssh-keycat AlmaLinux 9 9.9p1-7.el9_8.alma.1

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:19069ALSA-2026:19219ALSA-2026:13380ALSA-2026:13381ALSA-2026:13383

  • openssh Rocky Linux 10 9.9p1-23.el10_2.rocky.0.1
  • openssh Rocky Linux 9 9.9p1-7.el9_8.rocky.0.1
  • openssh Rocky Linux 10 9.9p1-14.el10_1.rocky.0.1
  • openssh Rocky Linux 9 8.7p1-49.el9_7.rocky.0.1
  • openssh Rocky Linux 8 8.0p1-29.el8_10

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2026:19069RLSA-2026:19219RLSA-2026:13380RLSA-2026:13381RLSA-2026:13383

  • dropbear Alpine 3.24 2026.91-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-35385

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • openssh Azure Linux 3.0 9.8p1-6

azure linux advisories AZL-81797

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-35385 updated cvss 7.5

OpenSSH: OpenSSH: Privilege escalation via scp legacy protocol when not preserving file mode

  • Red Hat Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes multicluster-engine/hive-rhel9 Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 rhacm2/multicluster-operators-subscription-rhel9
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines openshift-pipelines/pipelines-resolvers-rhel9
    under investigation
  • Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.2 rhaiis/model-opt-cuda-rhel9 1780681984
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:25096
  • Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.3 rhaiis/vllm-cuda-rhel9 1782352847, rhaiis/vllm-rocm-rhel9 1782353093, rhaiis/vllm-spyre-rhel9 1782352919, rhaiis/model-opt-cuda-rhel9 1782352950
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:30078
  • Red Hat Discovery 2 discovery 1778101579, discovery 1778156756
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:14937
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) openssh-askpass 8.0p1-29.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:13383
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) openssh-askpass 9.9p1-7.el9_8, openssh-askpass 8.7p1-49.el9_7, pam_ssh_agent_auth 0.10.4-7.7.el9_8, pam_ssh_agent_auth 0.10.4-5.49.el9_7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:13381
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) openssh-askpass 9.9p1-14.el10_1, openssh-askpass 9.9p1-23.el10_2, openssh-keysign 9.9p1-14.el10_1, openssh-keysign 9.9p1-23.el10_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:13380
show 29 more
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) openssh-askpass 8.0p1-15.el8_6.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6) openssh-askpass 8.0p1-15.el8_6.5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:21398
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2) openssh-askpass 8.7p1-30.el9_2.11, pam_ssh_agent_auth 0.10.4-5.30.el9_2.11
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:22648
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) openssh-askpass 9.9p1-7.el10_0.3, openssh-keysign 9.9p1-7.el10_0.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:12389
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4) openssh-askpass 8.7p1-38.el9_4.8, pam_ssh_agent_auth 0.10.4-5.38.el9_4.8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:22564
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6) openssh-askpass 8.7p1-45.el9_6.3, pam_ssh_agent_auth 0.10.4-5.45.el9_6.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:16059
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6) openssh-askpass 8.0p1-15.el8_6.5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:21398
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) openssh 8.0p1-29.el8_10, openssh-cavs 8.0p1-29.el8_10, openssh-ldap 8.0p1-29.el8_10, openssh-keycat 8.0p1-29.el8_10, openssh-server 8.0p1-29.el8_10, openssh-clients 8.0p1-29.el8_10, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:13383
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) openssh 9.9p1-7.el9_8, openssh 8.7p1-49.el9_7, openssh-keycat 9.9p1-7.el9_8, openssh-server 9.9p1-7.el9_8, openssh-clients 9.9p1-7.el9_8, openssh-keycat 8.7p1-49.el9_7, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:13381
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) openssh 9.9p1-14.el10_1, openssh 9.9p1-23.el10_2, openssh-keycat 9.9p1-14.el10_1, openssh-keycat 9.9p1-23.el10_2, openssh-server 9.9p1-14.el10_1, openssh-server 9.9p1-23.el10_2, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:13380
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4) openssh 8.0p1-7.el8_4.2, openssh-clients 8.0p1-7.el8_4.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:22329
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6) openssh 8.0p1-15.el8_6.5, openssh-cavs 8.0p1-15.el8_6.5, openssh-ldap 8.0p1-15.el8_6.5, openssh-keycat 8.0p1-15.el8_6.5, openssh-server 8.0p1-15.el8_6.5, openssh-clients 8.0p1-15.el8_6.5, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6) openssh 8.0p1-15.el8_6.5, openssh-cavs 8.0p1-15.el8_6.5, openssh-ldap 8.0p1-15.el8_6.5, openssh-keycat 8.0p1-15.el8_6.5, openssh-server 8.0p1-15.el8_6.5, openssh-clients 8.0p1-15.el8_6.5, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:21398
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8) openssh 8.0p1-20.el8_8.4, openssh-clients 8.0p1-20.el8_8.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:21298
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2) openssh 8.7p1-30.el9_2.11, openssh-keycat 8.7p1-30.el9_2.11, openssh-server 8.7p1-30.el9_2.11, openssh-clients 8.7p1-30.el9_2.11
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:22648
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0) openssh 9.9p1-7.el10_0.3, openssh-keycat 9.9p1-7.el10_0.3, openssh-server 9.9p1-7.el10_0.3, openssh-clients 9.9p1-7.el10_0.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:12389
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4) openssh 8.7p1-38.el9_4.8, openssh-keycat 8.7p1-38.el9_4.8, openssh-server 8.7p1-38.el9_4.8, openssh-clients 8.7p1-38.el9_4.8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:22564
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6) openssh 8.7p1-45.el9_6.3, openssh-keycat 8.7p1-45.el9_6.3, openssh-server 8.7p1-45.el9_6.3, openssh-clients 8.7p1-45.el9_6.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:16059
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4) openssh 8.0p1-7.el8_4.2, openssh-clients 8.0p1-7.el8_4.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:22329
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6) openssh 8.0p1-15.el8_6.5, openssh-cavs 8.0p1-15.el8_6.5, openssh-ldap 8.0p1-15.el8_6.5, openssh-keycat 8.0p1-15.el8_6.5, openssh-server 8.0p1-15.el8_6.5, openssh-clients 8.0p1-15.el8_6.5, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:21398
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8) openssh 8.0p1-20.el8_8.4, openssh-clients 8.0p1-20.el8_8.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:21298
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server -EXTENSION(v. 6 ELS-EXTENSION) openssh 5.3p1-125.el6_10.1, openssh-clients 5.3p1-125.el6_10.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:25063
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS) openssh 7.4p1-23.el7_9.2, openssh-clients 7.4p1-23.el7_9.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:22468
  • Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 rhai/base-image-neuron-rhel9 1790703542
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:74674
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 rhcos 412.86.202606140301
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:26528
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 rhcos 413.92.202606160406
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:26542
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 rhcos 414.92.202606231112
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:28887
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 rhcos 415.92.202606200237
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:28962
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 rhcos 416.94.202606051757
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:25044
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 rhcos 417.94.202606250942
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:34098
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 rhcos 418.94.202606051320
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:25181

2 more fixed, 25 more not affected in the full advisory

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
7 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADP 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
OSV 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia OpenSSH_jll
<10.3.1+0
10.3.1+0

Affected products

  • OpenBSD OpenSSH
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support - EXTENSION
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19
  • Red Hat Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.2
  • Red Hat Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.3
  • Red Hat Red Hat Discovery 2
  • Red Hat Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5
  • Red Hat Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes
  • Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines
  • Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-281 Improper Preservation of Permissions

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.