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THREAT OPSThreat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-39828 (MEDIUM 6.3) — When an SSH server authentication callback returned PartialSuccessError with non-nil Permissions, those permissions were silently discarded, potentially dropping certificate restrictions such as force-command after a second factor succeeded. Returning non-nil Permissions with Par

[NVD] CVE-2026-39828 (MEDIUM 6.3) — When an SSH server authentication callback returned PartialSuccessError with non-nil Permissions, those permissions were silently discarded, potentially dropping certificate restrictions such as force-command after a second factor succeeded. Returning non-nil Permissions with Par

lownvdPublished 2026-05-22

CVE-2026-39828 CVSS: 6.3 MEDIUM Published: 2026-05-22T04:16:22.190

When an SSH server authentication callback returned PartialSuccessError with non-nil Permissions, those permissions were silently discarded, potentially dropping certificate restrictions such as force-command after a second factor succeeded. Returning non-nil Permissions with PartialSuccessError now results in a connection error.

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Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-39828