CVE-2026-35414 [Medium] | Security Vulnerability in Openssh

CVE-2026-35414 is rated Low Risk (18.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). 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	—	0.02%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-04-03

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0.02%

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Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
4.2	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:H) Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:L) Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump. 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.	1.6	2.5	[email protected]
8.1	3.1	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. 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:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:H) Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way. Integrity (I:H) They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	2.2	5.9	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

4.2

3.1

MEDIUM

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

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H): Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L): Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
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.

1.6

2.5

[email protected]

8.1

3.1

HIGH

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

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
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:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H): Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H): They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

2.2

5.9

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-35414

vendor	priority	summary	link
`alpine`	—	CVE-2026-35414: 1 source package rows (openssh); 72 state rows across 6 repos (3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, 3.23-main, edge-main); fixed 0, open 72.	https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-35414
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2026-35414 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-2026-35414
`redhat`	medium	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-35414
`suse`	medium	—	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-35414/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2026-35414 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-2026-35414

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-35414

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

References for CVE-2026-35414

URL	Tags
https://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=177513443901484&w=2	Mailing List 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

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CVE-2026-35414

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-35414

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-35414

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-35414

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-35414

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-35414

References for CVE-2026-35414