Upstream information

CVE-2026-56624 at MITRE

Description

Improper certificate validation in Apache MINA SSHD (server-side). Apache MINA SSHD is a Java library for client-side and server-side SSH.




Server-side OpenSSH user certificate validation during user authentication in an Apache MINA SSHD server did not check for the unsupported force-command or verify-required options that could be embedded in the certificate, nor did it validate these options. As a result it was possible that a user could authenticate with such a certificate that included a force-command option but still was able to execute other commands. What other command exactly would be available to the user depends on the implementation of the server.




This issue is fixed in Apache MINA SSHD 2.19.0 and 3.0.0-M5. Applications are advised to upgrade to these versions.




The fix rejects OpenSSH user certificates that include these options, since Apache MINA SSHD implements neither force-command nor sk-*-cert-v01@openssh.com user certificates (which are the only ones for which verify-required would make sense).

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (Apache Software Foundation) SUSE
Base Score 7.3 7.3
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction Required Required
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact None None
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1271992 [NEW]

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List of packages in QA

Product(s) Package(s)
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS
  • apache-sshd >= 2.19.0-150200.5.14.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS
  • apache-sshd >= 2.19.0-150200.5.14.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS
  • apache-sshd >= 2.19.0-150200.5.14.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS
  • apache-sshd >= 2.19.0-150200.5.14.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7
  • apache-sshd >= 2.19.0-150200.5.14.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7
  • apache-sshd >= 2.19.0-150200.5.14.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7
  • apache-sshd >= 2.19.0-150200.5.14.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7
  • apache-sshd >= 2.19.0-150200.5.14.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7
  • apache-sshd >= 2.19.0-150200.5.14.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS
  • apache-sshd >= 2.19.0-150200.5.14.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS
  • apache-sshd >= 2.19.0-150200.5.14.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS
  • apache-sshd >= 2.19.0-150200.5.14.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS
  • apache-sshd >= 2.19.0-150200.5.14.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS
  • apache-sshd >= 2.19.0-150200.5.14.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS
  • apache-sshd >= 2.19.0-150200.5.14.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
  • apache-sshd >= 2.19.0-150200.5.14.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
  • apache-sshd >= 2.19.0-150200.5.14.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
  • apache-sshd >= 2.19.0-150200.5.14.1

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 apache-sshd In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 apache-sshd In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 apache-sshd In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 apache-sshd In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 apache-sshd In progress
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS apache-sshd In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS apache-sshd In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4 apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS apache-sshd In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS apache-sshd In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS apache-sshd In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 apache-sshd In progress
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 apache-sshd Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS apache-sshd In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS apache-sshd In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3 apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 apache-sshd In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 apache-sshd In progress
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 apache-sshd Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 apache-sshd Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 apache-sshd Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 apache-sshd Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 apache-sshd Affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 21 17:34:05 2026
CVE page last modified: Wed Jul 22 11:38:44 2026