USN-8928-1: OpenSSH vulnerabilities
It was discovered that OpenSSH's sftp client incorrectly handled paths returned by the server during a recursive copy operation. A remote attacker controlling the server could possibly use this issue to write files to unintended locations. (CVE-2026-106552) It was discovered that OpenSSH's sshd server incorrectly handled GSSAPIAuthentication state across authentication attempts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain credentials from a previous failed authentication attempt. (CVE-2026-106553, CVE-2026-106555) It was discovered that OpenSSH incorrectly used an LZ77 dictionary coder during compression. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2026-106582) It was discovered that OpenSSH's ssh client incorrectly allowed special characters in command-line usernames. An attacker could possibly use this issue to inject arbitrary commands via specially crafted usernames. (CVE-2026-106583) It was discovered that OpenSSH's ssh-keygen incorrectl
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