CVE-2026-55653

CVE-2026-55653CVE-2026-55653

Description

A flaw was found in OpenSSH. A malicious SSH server can exploit a double free vulnerability in the Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange (DH-GEX) client path. This occurs during FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) mode known-group validation when the client processes attacker-controlled DH-GEX group parameters. Successful exploitation leads to client-side process termination, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).

Scoring

CVSS 4.3 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Last modified2026-06-23
Sourced from NVD. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.