Vulnerability · CVE-2026-110925
A flaw was found in OpenSSH.
Published Oct 15, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 15, 2026 · Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-110925. EPSS is 0.24%. Act only if a listed version of Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium5.4
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.24%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · vendor Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images
A flaw was found in OpenSSH. A username entered on the ssh command line can still contain '$' or a non-trailing backslash. When a configuration expands %u inside ProxyCommand or Match exec, those characters are passed into the shell.
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- vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10version unspecified
- vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6version unspecified
- vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7version unspecified
- vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8version unspecified
- vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9version unspecified
- vendor Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Imagesversion unspecified
- vendor Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4version unspecified
How to fix CVE-2026-110925
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-110925. EPSS is 0.24%. Act only if a listed version of Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-78: OS Command Injection. EPSS 0.24%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
A flaw was found in OpenSSH. A username entered on the ssh command line can still contain '$' or a non-trailing backslash. When a configuration expands %u inside ProxyCommand or Match exec, those characters are passed into the shell.
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
A flaw was found in OpenSSH. A username entered on the ssh command line can still contain '$' or a non-trailing backslash. When a configuration expands %u inside ProxyCommand or Match exec, those characters are passed into the shell.
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
A flaw was found in OpenSSH. A username entered on the ssh command line can still contain '$' or a non-trailing backslash. When a configuration expands %u inside ProxyCommand or Match exec, those characters are passed into the shell.
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
A flaw was found in OpenSSH. A username entered on the ssh command line can still contain '$' or a non-trailing backslash. When a configuration expands %u inside ProxyCommand or Match exec, those characters are passed into the shell.
Oct 15, 2026 · CIRCL Vulnerability Lookup
Updated
A flaw was found in OpenSSH. A username entered on the ssh command line can still contain '$' or a non-trailing backslash. When a configuration expands %u inside ProxyCommand or Match exec, those characters are passed into the shell.
Sources
- CIRCL Vulnerability LookupVulnerability recordCVE-2026-110925
A flaw was found in OpenSSH. A username entered on the ssh command line can still contain '$' or a non-trailing backslash. When a configuration expands %u inside ProxyCommand or Match exec, those characters are passed into the shell.
vulnerability.circl.lu - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-110925
A flaw was found in OpenSSH. A username entered on the ssh command line can still contain '$' or a non-trailing backslash. When a configuration expands %u inside ProxyCommand or Match exec, those characters are passed into the shell.
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-110925
30-day exploitation probability 0.2%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-110925
A flaw was found in OpenSSH. A username entered on the ssh command line can still contain '$' or a non-trailing backslash. When a configuration expands %u inside ProxyCommand or Match exec, those characters are passed into the shell.
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.