A flaw was found in OpenSSH. After compression is negotiated, a compressed payload can expand past the maximum supported packet size because the inflate loop does not stop at that limit. Memory use grows in the process handling that connection.
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Leave Compression disabled. The client default is already off.
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Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:30:00 +0000
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| Description | A flaw was found in OpenSSH. After compression is negotiated, a compressed payload can expand past the maximum supported packet size because the inflate loop does not stop at that limit. Memory use grows in the process handling that connection. | |
| Title | Openssh: openssh: a compressed payload can expand past the maximum packet size | |
| First Time appeared |
Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux Redhat hummingbird Redhat openshift |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-770 | |
| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1 cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
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| Vendors & Products |
Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux Redhat hummingbird Redhat openshift |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-15T18:46:11.417Z
Reserved: 2026-10-15T04:33:39.253Z
Link: CVE-2026-110927
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-10-15T14:17:22.760
Modified: 2026-10-15T16:33:26.290
Link: CVE-2026-110927
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