Medium [CVE-2026-60001] Brute-force attacks facilitated due to insufficient authentication delay
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-60001 affecting Red Hat Hardened Images, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
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Summary
sshd in OpenSSH before 10.4 does not always honor the minimum authentication delay. A flaw was found in OpenSSH's SSH daemon (sshd).
A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by repeatedly attempting authentication. The flaw allows the attacker to bypass the intended minimum authentication delay, which can facilitate brute-force attacks.
This makes it easier for an attacker to guess valid credentials, potentially leading to unauthorized access or a denial of service. Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 6.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L).
Weakness: CWE-307. Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Hardened Images; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9; Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.
Red Hat fixing advisory: RHSA-2026:37382.
Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat package: openssh.
- < 10.4
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- openssh-main-10.4p1-1.hum1
- RHSA-2026:37382
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Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: openssh-main-10.4p1-1.hum1, RHSA-2026:37382. That is the remediation for this advisory.
The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.
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