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Critical Security Flaws in openSUSE Leap 16.0 Affecting Openssh

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Calendar Grey May 19, 2026
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Critical update for openSUSE Leap 16.0 fixing two issues in OpenSSH with importance rating. Install promptly for security.
An update that solves 2 vulnerabilities and has 4 bug fixes can now be installed.

Description

This update for openssh fixes the following issues

Security issues fixed:

- CVE-2026-35385: a file downloaded by scp may be installed setuid or setgid (bsc#1261427).

- CVE-2026-35414: mishandling of authorized_keys principals option (bsc#1261430).

Other issues fixed:

- SSH port not reachable on SLES-16.0-CHOST-BYOS since build 1.32 for both x86_64 and aarch64 (bsc#1262555).

- OpenSSH audit support causes connection lost with parallel sessions (bsc#1252890).

Patch instructions:

To install this openSUSE security update use the suse recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 16.0

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-16.0-752=1

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Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

openssh-10.0p2-160000.5.1

openssh-askpass-gnome-10.0p2-160000.5.1

openssh-cavs-10.0p2-160000.5.1

openssh-clients-10.0p2-160000.5.1

openssh-common-10.0p2-160000.5.1

openssh-helpers-10.0p2-160000.5.1

openssh-server-10.0p2-160000.5.1

openssh-server-config-rootlogin-10.0p2-160000.5.1

References

* bsc#1252890

* bsc#1261427

* bsc#1261430

* bsc#1262555

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-35385.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-35414.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:20757-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

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