CVE-2024-6387 HIGH

CVE-2024-6387: Openssh: regresshion - race condition in ssh allows rce/dos

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Ceph Storage 5
Weakness CWE-364
Published July 1, 2024
Last update May 12, 2026

CVSS base score

8.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A security regression (CVE-2006-5051) was discovered in OpenSSH's server (sshd). There is a race condition which can lead sshd to handle some signals in an unsafe manner. An unauthenticated, remote attacker may be able to trigger it by failing to authenticate within a set time period.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 1, 2024 CVE published
May 12, 2026 Record updated