Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM i is vulnerable to multiple vulnerabilities [CVE-2026-106552, CVE-2026-106553, CVE-2026-106555, CVE-2026-106583, CVE-2026-106584, CVE-2026-73281] in OpenSSH as described in the vulnerability details section.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2026-106552
DESCRIPTION: In sftp in OpenSSH before 10.6, a server can trigger directory traversal (causing files to be written to unintended locations) during a recursive copy operation.
CWE: CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal
CVSS Source: NVD
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2026-106553
DESCRIPTION: In sshd in OpenSSH before 10.6, credentials can incorrectly persist after failure of a GSSAPIAuthentication authentication attempt.
CWE: CWE-669: Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres
CVSS Source: NVD
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2026-106555
DESCRIPTION: In sshd in OpenSSH before 10.6, GSSAPIAuthentication authentication state can incorrectly be persisted across authentication attempts.
CWE: CWE-669: Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres
CVSS Source: NVD
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2026-106583
DESCRIPTION: In ssh in OpenSSH before 10.6, a $ or \ character can occur in a command-line username, leading to injection.
CWE: CWE-99: Improper Control of Resource Identifiers ('Resource Injection')
CVSS Source: NVD
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2026-106584
DESCRIPTION: In ssh-keygen in OpenSSH before 10.6, certificates could have incorrect expiration times because of Daylight Saving mishandling. There can be a slightly more severe effect on users in certain Antarctic locations.
CWE: CWE-193: Off-by-one Error
CVSS Source: NVD
CVSS Base score: 3.3
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2026-73281
DESCRIPTION: 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@openssh.com extension.
CWE: CWE-669: Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres
CVSS Source: cve@mitre.org
CVSS Base score: 3.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM i | 7.6 |
| IBM i | 7.5 |
| IBM i | 7.4 |
| IBM i | 7.3 |
Remediation/Fixes
| IBM i Release | 5733-SC1 PTF Number(s) | PTF Download Link(s) |
| 7.6 | SJ12241 | https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ12241 |
| 7.5 | SJ12240 | https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ12240 |
| 7.4 | SJ12239 | https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ12239 |
| 7.3 | SJ12239 | https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ12239 |
IBM recommends users running unsupported versions of affected products upgrade to a supported and fixed version of affected products.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
04 Nov 2026: Initial Publication
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Document Information
Modified date:
04 November 2026
Initial Publish date:
04 November 2026
UID
ibm17295553