Analysis:
- CVE-2026-3497 affects downstream OpenSSH GSSAPI Key Exchange patches.
- The vulnerable code uses sshpkt_disconnect() in the GSSAPI KEX server path.
- Upstream OpenSSH/OE-Core does not carry the vulnerable GSSAPI key-exchange delta.
- Hence ignoring the CVE for this version.
Reference:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3497
https://github.com/advisories/ghsa-wcpp-3x59-h8vp
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-3497
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-3497
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/12/3
Signed-off-by: Sudhir Dumbhare <sudumbha@cisco.com>
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Dubois-Briand <mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
CVE_STATUS[CVE-2008-3844] = "not-applicable-platform: Only applies to some distributed RHEL binaries."
CVE_STATUS[CVE-2023-51767] = "upstream-wontfix: It was demonstrated on modified sshd and does not exist in upstream openssh https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3656#c1."
+CVE_STATUS[CVE-2026-3497] = "not-applicable-platform: Only affects GSSAPI Key Exchange patches used by some Linux distributions and does not exist in upstream openssh."
PAM_SRC_URI = "file://sshd"