CVE intelligence

CVE-2026-59998

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Jul 8, 2026Sources checked Sep 12, 2026

6.5MEDIUMCVSS out of 10

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2026-59998 and is rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.5. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS0.2%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2026-59998?

sshd in OpenSSH before 10.4 has an undocumented security-relevant behavior: GSSAPIStrictAcceptorCheck has no value if the server is in Windows Active Directory.