Vulnerability

CVE-2026-73281

Low· 3.5CVSS3.5EPSS0%

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In ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 10.5, some operations can occur remotely but were intended to occur only locally, including operations that add tokens or use keys. This is caused by misinteraction between agent locking and the session-bind@o

Threat signal

35/100

Guarded

Severity

low

CVSS

3.5

EPSS

Active

CVSS

v3.1via NVDOpen in FIRST calculator →

3.5/ 10LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack VectorNetworkExploitable remotely over the internet — no local access needed.
Attack ComplexityHighRequires conditions outside attacker's control (race, brute-force, configuration
Privileges RequiredLowStandard user privileges sufficient.
User InteractionNoneFully automated — no victim action needed.
ScopeChangedImpact extends beyond the vulnerable component (e.g. sandbox escape).
Confidentiality ImpactNoneNo confidentiality impact.
Integrity ImpactLowSome data modification; attacker doesn't fully control extent.
Availability ImpactNoneNo availability impact.

EPSS

Exploit prediction · 30-day horizonFIRST.org →

0.16%

probability of exploitation in next 30 days

higher than 5% of all CVEs

Low exploitation likelihood — defer if no other signals fire.

Vendor VEX

No VEX statements published for CVE-2026-73281. Vendors publish VEX (Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange) to assert per-product whether a CVE is actually exploitable in their distribution.

SSVCDefer

No exploitation, limited impact or prevalence

exploitation: none
automatable: no
impact: partial
mission: support

Lifecycle

2026-08-11Published
2026-10-21Vendor advisory · suseSUSE-SU-2026%3A4827-1 — SUSE-SU-2026%3A4827-1
2026-10-24Last modified1 source

Entity graph

2 nodes · 1 edges · click to pivot

CVEActorVendor advisoryIOCNews

Vendor advisories

suseSUSE-SU-2026%3A4827-1SUSE-SU-2026%3A4827-1

References

https://www.openssh.org/releasenotes.html#10.5