CVE-2026-35388 [Low] | Security Vulnerability in Openssh

CVE-2026-35388 is rated Low Risk (10.5/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.01%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-04-03	—	0.01%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-04-03

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0.01%

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Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
2.5	3.1	LOW	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:H) Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work. Privileges required (PR:N) No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough. User interaction (UI:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:L) Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	1.0	1.4	[email protected]
2.5	3.1	LOW	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:H) Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work. Privileges required (PR:N) No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough. User interaction (UI:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:L) Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	1.0	1.4	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

2.5

3.1

LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:H): Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N): No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L): Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

1.0

1.4

[email protected]

2.5

3.1

LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:H): Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N): No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L): Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

1.0

1.4

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-35388

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2026-35388 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (openssh), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-35388
`redhat`	low	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-35388
`suse`	low	CVE-2026-35388 severity low: SUSE including 4 source package names (openssh, openssh-cavs, openssh-fips, openssh-helpers), 8 product×package rows across 3 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Teradata 12 SP3): Known Not Affected 8.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-35388/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2026-35388 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (openssh, openssh-ssh1), 16 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, resolute, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 7, needs-triage 5, released 4.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-35388

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-35388

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
openbsd	openssh	< 10.3	cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh::::::::

References for CVE-2026-35388

URL	Tags
https://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=177513443901484&w=2	Third Party Advisory
https://www.openssh.org/releasenotes.html#10.3p1	Release Notes
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/02/3	Third Party Advisory

URL

CVE-2026-35388

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-35388

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-35388

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-35388

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-35388

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-35388

References for CVE-2026-35388