Privilege escalation via scp legacy protocol when not preserving file mode
Summary
Privilege escalation via scp legacy protocol when not preserving file mode. Red Hat rates this important (CVSS 7.5). Weakness: CWE-281. Affected package(s): rhaiis/model-opt-cuda-rhel9:1782352950, rhaiis/vllm-spyre-rhel9:1782352919, openssh, rhcos, rhui5/rhua-rhel9:1779798222, rhaiis/model-opt-cuda-rhel9:1780681984. Resolved in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:26542 — update the affected packages (`sudo dnf update`).
- rhaiis/model-opt-cuda-rhel9:1782352950
- rhaiis/vllm-spyre-rhel9:1782352919
- openssh-0:8.0p1-29.el8_10
- rhcos-414.92.202606231112-0
- openssh-0:5.3p1-125.el6_10.1
- rhui5/rhua-rhel9:1779798222
- rhcos-418.94.202606051320-0
- openssh-0:8.0p1-15.el8_6.5
- openssh-0:9.9p1-14.el10_1
- openssh-0:9.9p1-23.el10_2
- rhcos-412.86.202606140301-0
- openssh-0:9.9p1-7.el10_0.3
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 1 day ago·verify at source
- RHSA-2026:26542
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 1 day ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- Update the affected package(s) to the fixed version shipped in RHSA-2026:26542 (`sudo dnf update` / `yum update`).
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 1 day ago·verify at source
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